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Module 2

Presenting the Internet & the World Wide Web.
Study Materials:
Chpt2_ppt
Links to Review:
Still using Internet Explorer? You do have other options.
Mozilla Firefox is a safe and customizable open-source alternative-
www.mozilla.com
Google Chrome is sleek and private-
http://www.google.com/chrome
Is it really possible to archive the entire Internet? Apparently so. Enter the URL of your favorite website and see the way it used to be, using the Way Back Machine.
Meet the father of the World Wide Web-
http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/
Long before him, there was the father of computing, cowcatchers, and enemy of street musicians everywhere-
http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/Babbage.html
Charles Babbage's ideas led to the first true computer, ENIAC-

http://ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/comphist/eniac-story.html
Have a look at this incredible map of the Internet-
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Internet_map_1024.jpg
OK, so you know what the Internet is- a backbone of high speed phone lines, and an agreement- TCP/IP. So what the heck is Internet2?
http://www.internet2.edu/
Happening this week:
Participate in the Discussion Board. The question will be posted early this week.
View the lecture. It will be recorded Thursday early afternoon.
Read Chapter 2- you will be quizzed on Chapter 2 (and everything else!) late next week.