COMPSCI 92L Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Certificate Authority, Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Tim Wu
11 May 2016
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Cs depends a lot on scaling and timing. Content distribution networks (cdn) - allows replication of material synced throughout websites across the world. Internet is different type of network than cell/landline network. Internet - network of autonomous systems (network of networks), packet-switched network. Different networks affect how network traffic gets between an area"s receptors. Zimbabwe"s netflix network is different from those of us"s since zimbabwe just got netflix access. Bits v atoms coined by nicholas negroponte. Bits can be generated differently for free so that every person can watch an episode at the same time (ex. Atoms are physically tangible and can be copied (ex. copy of a redbox dvd) Dvds are designed to make it difficult to copy. More atoms in the world than ipv6 addresses (10^80 > 2^128) Information from server to client rendered in a browser. Ex. websites that adjust formatting according to what markup you"re on (phone markup, laptop markup, etc)
