Information Technology in a Global Society

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The Internet

Research Activity

Open a Word document and type complete answers to the questions below.  Feel free to use the help links provided but also remember you can do your own research, the Internet abounds in websites devoted to itself and its history, so even a modest search in Google will find a lot of resources. 

YOU MUST TYPE YOUR OWN ANSWERS - YOU MAY NOT COPY AND PASTE FROM OTHER RESOURCES (even if you reference correctly).  THESE ANSWERS MUST BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

1. Explain the relationship between the launch of the first artificial earth satellite called Sputnik by the USSR in 1957 and the birth of the Internet  Help Me
    

2. Define ARPANET?  Why was it so important to the eventual development of the Internet?  Help Me
    

3. Explain what “packet switching” is and why it is so important to the operation of the Internet?  Help Me
    

4. What is a protocol?  Why does the Internet need a protocol?  What does TCP/IP stand for? Why is TCP/IP important for the Internet?  Help Me
    

5. What is a domain name?  Why are they important?  What was the first ever domain name? Help Me   Help Me again
    

6. How many host computers (a computer with an internet connection) were connected in 1969? What year did the Internet reach 1000 host computers? 100,000? One million hosts? Ten million?  How many host computers are their estimated to be in the world now? 
   Help Me (When you use this help, scroll down a long way, after the timeline finishes until you reach the section called "Growth")
    
7. What is the World Wide Web (WWW)?  When did the WWW begin?  Who developed it?  What the difference between the Internet and the WWW.  Help Me  Help Me again   I still need more help!!