1.8 Questions-chapter 1
You can take this quiz online at http://www.net-intro.com/quiz/ What did early telephone operators do? a)...
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1.7 Glossary-Chapter 1
address: A number that is assigned to a computer so that messages can be routed to the computer.hop: A single physical...
1.6 Putting It All Together
So when we combine all this together we can understand the basic operation of today’s Internet. We have specialized...
1.5 Addressing and Packets
In the early store-and-forward networks it was important to know the source and destination computers for every...
1.4 Packets and Routers
The most important innovation that allowed messages to move more quickly across a multi-hop network was to break each...
1.3 Early Wide Area Store-and-Forward Networks
In the 1970s and 1980s, people working at universities around the world wanted to send each other data and messages...
1.2 Computers Communicate Differently
When humans talk on the phone, they make a call, talk for a while, and then hang up. Statistically, most of the time,...
1.1 Communicating at a Distance
Imagine a group of five people in a room sitting in a circle. As long as they are courteous and don’t have more than...
Chapter 1 Introduction
Using the Internet seems pretty easy. We go to a web address and up comes a page. Or we go to our favorite social site...
Printing History & Copyright Details
Printing History 2015-May-25 Original Printing - CreateSpace Copyright Details This book is Copyright...
