Unit 2:
Ch. 8: Networks,
Ch. 9: The Internet
Ch. 10: The WWW
How do we get a single bit of information from one place to another? This unit explores the technical challenges and questions that arise from the need to represent digital information in computers and transfer it between people and computational devices. Topics include: the digital representation of information – numbers, text, images, and communication protocols.
Required Reading
- Ch. 8, Networks, UDW
- Ch. 9, Internet
- Ch. 7, Images, pp. 131-138, LWD5ed
- Ch. 8, HTML Tables, pp. 163-167, LWD5ed
- Packet Switching Illustrated (YouTube, 1 min.)
- How the DNS Works (youtube, 2 min.)
Midterm Exam, Fri Nov 8
Review document and practice exam questions are available in Canvas.
Optional Web Field Trips
- Quantum Computing Explained (youtube, 7min.)
- Google’s Quantum Supremacy Explained
- Don’t fear Technology, Robots or the Future (Tim O’Reilly)
- AI in 50 Years
- How to check your internet speed right from Google’s homepage
- .page is the newest top-level domain (TLD) from Google Registry
- 13 Root Name Servers of the DNS: The Full Story