GG294 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Dsl Modem, Booking.Com, Local Area Network
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History of the internet : electronic computers in 1950s. In the 1980s, research at cern in switzerland resulted in the world wide. From world wide web to web 2. 0 . Initial focus of the internet was on info publication and mobilization to users. Initial focus was also communication of information passively for viewers. Web 2. 0 allow users to interact and collaborate in a media dialogue. Create, share, comment on content in textual, aural or visual formats. Blogs, social networks, wikis, video sharing, geoblogs. Social media changed how we find, read, gather develop and consume information and the way we create new knowledge. Travel agents : travel agents perform a role in the tourism distribution system, travel agents role is to recognize that tourism is: Intangible experience is intangible: perishable ti(cid:272)kets a(cid:396)en(cid:859)t pe(cid:396)isha(cid:271)le, dynamic things are always changing in the industry; therefore prices will always change, heterogeneous.
