How Did The Internet Originate?

• How did the internet originate?

• Who were the people most responsible for creating it?

french- cyclades, US Millitary

• What system immediately preceded the internet? What was its purpose?
• What is an IP packet? What is it comprised of?

packet of data contains an ip address of the recipient

• What does TCP stand for? How does TCP deal with lost IP packets

transmission control protocol - make sure that the packets are sent to the right place

• Why do computer people like everything in letters?

makes everything shorter

PROTOCOL -  an agreed way of doing something

mainframe
ARPANET began in 1966

TCP transmission control protocol - breaks up files into packets to send

TCP-IP
transmission contril protocol - internet protocol -  relates to the adress of every computer on the internet

 

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How DNS works

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZUxoi7YNgs&feature=related