WEEK 4

Lecture Summary

In this lecture we got taught about history of the web. We also found out what the term www stands for which is World Wide Web. We also found that who build the web. The web was developed by Tim-Berners-lee in 1989 and the reason for creating it was to facilitate research information. The Web is a universe of accessible information stored on computers throughout the world. The information is available through a gigantic network called the Internet. During this lecture we also talked about the the development of Internet in the pass years.

During the lecture we also had to list a few Internet browsers which were

• Internet Explore
• Neoplane
• Fire fox

TCP/IP- transmission control protocol

TTP- Hypertext Transfer Protocol

DNS- Domain name System

URL- Uniform/Universal Resource Locator

WWW-world wide web

I First thought The martin Luther King website contained In formations about his history or biography of him. However when i did check the website i was surprised because it had completely irrelevant information and pictures of Martin luther king and next to it sort of mockery or joke to what he would say. Although i didn't find it funny i thought it was disrespectful toward such a historical figure and i knew this website wasn't appropriate. The information on the website wasnt about thought and belifes of martin lucther king and it was obvious.

Tutorial Summary

During the Tut we were able to exercise our skills on the Internet and identify a real website from a none real web. we had to look through different websites to be able to distinguish between the real and the fake. This was a very Important exercise because it allows us to know what is a fact and what is not.

Reading 1 Summary

This weeks Reading exercise talks about the history of the Internet. the Internet was at once a world-wide broadcasting capability, a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic location. Now the Internet can be used so so many ways and it has changed our lifes in a so many ways as well. With the reading we get an understanding how Internet was developed and the increased use of the Internet which shows the success of it

Reading 2 Summary

Reading 2 also talk about the History behind the world wide web and the stages of its development. In this reading it also talk about the development of computers since 1960's and show all the verity of methods of this creation. We also get a brief understanding of electronic mail and Why it was developed and how it was changed our communication system.