Lesson 4

Unfolding the
Net
 History of the
Internet

The internet started as a military research from the

Department of Defense of the United States of
America in 1957 through the Advanced Research
Projects Agency (ARPA).
 Paul Baran

Paul Baran was one of the

scientists who made the internet
possible through his packet
switching principle.
 Packet
Switching

Is the breaking down of data into packets that

are labeled to indicate the origin and destination of
information and the forwarding of these packets
from one computer to another until the information
arrives at its final destination.
 Internet
Technologies and
Applications

The following are the different

technologies being used on the
internet.

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 Local Area
Network (LAN)

This interconnects the computers in one

location.
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 Wide Area
Network (WAN)

This interconnects different LANs.

 Wireless Fidelity
(WiFi)/WiMax

This allows wireless internet access

using Internet Protocol (IP).
 General Packet
Radio Service
(GPRS)

This allows mobile users to access the

Internet using cellular phones.
 4G LTE (Fourth
Generation Long
Term Evolution)

The standard for high speed

data wireless communication
for mobile phones.
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 Voice Over Internet
Protocol (VolP)

This allows telephone calls

over the Internet using
Internet Protocol (IP)
 Multimedia
Streaming

This allows audio/video

streaming over the internet.
 Broadband

As applied to the internet, this refers to

high-speed transmissions of data
between your computer and the Internet.
 Cluster/Grid
Computing

This allows intensive computations to

be distributed to thousands of
computers and lets them process
computations simultaneously.
Online Resources
and Tools
 E-mail

This allows registered users to send

and receive electronic messages to
other online users.
 Search Engine

This is an online tool that can be used

to find almost all kinds of information.
 Chat

This allows you to have a

conversation with another online
user in real-time.
 Blog

This is a quick way of publishing

your information on the internet.
 P2P (Peer-to-
Peer) Networks

This allows users to share files such as

documents, software, MP3 music,
videos, pictures, and many others. An
example of this is uTorrent which can be
used to download files on the internet.
uTorrent
 Social Networks

Members of the online communities

connect to family members and
friends easily.
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