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Details Title: Mass. Communication Description: Ch.9 - Internet Total Flash Cards: 16 Created: 10/25/2006 22:25:58	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator) Definition the first “full-service” electronic comp was introduced in 1946 in University of Pennsylvania. Term First commercial computers Definition o IBM sold and rent computers to commercial customers. Term 3 leading personal computers Definition o Bill Gates founded Microsoft Corporation in 1975. o Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak perfected Apple II. o IBM contracted with Microsoft to use the Microsoft operating system in its IBM PC, first introduced in 1981. Term Paul Baran Definition o Paul Baran of the Rand Corporation produced the plan of a computer communication network, which featured the key concept of “packet switched network”. o Protocols: common communication rules o Instantaneous “detours” or “rerouting” Term What was the "switched network" that Paul Baran had created called? Definition o The switched network, called ARPAnet, went online in 1969 and became fully operational and reliable within 1 year. Term When was Email created? Definition o Ray Tomlinson created the first email program in 1972. Term What was the internet originaly made for? Definition o In 1972, Winton Cerf at Stanford University, and the military’s Robert Kahn coined the term “the internet”. Term Joseph C.R. Licklider Definition o 1956 – he foresaw linked computers creating a country of citizens “informed about, and interested in, and involved in, the process of government”. o Man-Computer Symbiosis, seminal work on the potential and promise of computer networks. Term Marshall McLuhan Definition o Global Village o Media as Extensions of Human Bodies o The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (1964), and The Medium Is the Message (1967) Term William Gibson Definition o He wrote about a nationless world, where the electronic technology turns us into indistinguishable nonindividuals, rallying around products. Term Term: LAN Definition local area network Term Term: WANs Definition o WANs: wide area network Term Term: ISPs Definition o ISPs: internet service providers Term Term: VoIP Definition o VoIP: voice over internet protocol Term Term: URL Definition o URL: uniform resource locator Term Term: HTTP Definition o HTTP: hypertext transfer protocols