Lecture 8 : Internet The student will have a knowledge of the following: •History of the Internet •Internet Access •Common services provided by the Internet •Internet and Society By Mrs D.M.Narrainen‚ SBMF‚ UTM DEFINITIONS • Internet is based on a client-server model. • Client is the end user’s computer (with software) that sends requests to a server. • Server is a remote computer (with software) that handles requests from clients. 2 History of the Internet 1958: – The Advance
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The Internet is simply a network of hundreds of thousands of computers all over the World‚ connected in a way that lets other computers access information on them. So if a computer is connected to the Internet‚ in principle‚ it can be connected to any other computer on the network. Today‚ the Internet comprises more than 45000 regional‚ national and international networks‚ which connect more than 30 million people in over 200 countries. This includes organizations‚ schools‚ universities‚ companies
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says Ferdman‚ “People of all ages‚ education levels‚ and income brackets‚ the study found‚ believe that low-skilled workers are getting paid too little and high-skilled workers are getting paid too much” (Ferdman). The CEO of Discovery Communications makes 1‚951 times what median workers do (Huhman). Ron Johnson‚ the
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The Internet Imagine a place where people interact in business situations‚ shop‚ play video games‚ do research‚ or study and get tutoring. Now imagine that there are no office buildings‚ no shopping centers‚ no arcades‚ no libraries‚ and no schools. These places all exist in a location called the Internet - "an anarchic eyetem (to use an oxymoron) of public and private computer networks that span the globe." (Clark 3). This technological advance not only benefits people of the present‚ but
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Is the Internet as bad as people believe? The internet in this day of age is most likely the most useful resource we have. It is easy to access now at low cost to the user either from home using a PC‚ tablet‚ phone and even now a TV or from work or the decreasingly popular internet cafes. Surely it is a good thing to have the ability to have access and be able to share all the information you could ever want or need and can be used for a myriad of things such as: Research Banking Shopping
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The Internets Development for news reporting MCOM350 Final Project Paper 04/10/12 Today the internet’s effect on news reporting is a prime example that the internet is the greatest revolutionary tool. Reporters have had to become‚ sometime regular bloggers on top of their normal reporting duties they have had to tweet‚ to comment and they have had to interact. The internet gives us the ability to have information made available to you in a instant‚ however did the development help
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Does too much water help plants grow more rapidly? Hypothesis I think a plant given an unlimited supply of moisture will grow more rapidly than a plant given the recommended amount of water. To prove my hypothesis I will use the following materials: • Bean and mielie seeds • Cotton wool • Tap water My preparation includes: • Putting one cotton wool ring on six separate saucers • Placing one bean and one mielie seed on each ring • Covering the seeds with another ring • Label
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The Internet has been available for public service since 1983. With it’s rapidly expanding popularity‚ the number of internet users has quickly risen to over fifty million in a four year period (Bingi‚ Mir and Khmalah‚ 2000). One of many advantages of Internet use is the potential and accessibility as a tool for electronic trade. Electronic commerce also known as e-commerce‚ can be referred to as the purchasing and retailing of products or services over an electronic system. It is increasing at an
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Assess the claim that Edward the Confessor gave too much influence to the Normans. In my answer I will explain how each point‚ argument and source etc. affects how Edwards influence upon the Normans reached or maintained a high or low point within this time period. I will also say how these pieces of information are for and against the Influence towards the Normans. We firstly know that Edward Was born in England but raised in Normandy thus meaning that Normandy could have first acquired a taste
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The Internet (or internet) is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private‚ public‚ academic‚ business‚ and government networks‚ of local to global scope‚ that are linked by a broad array of electronic‚ wireless and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and services‚ such as
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