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COM 125
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Undergraduate 4
10/17/2007

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Term
I.S.P.
Definition
Internet Service Provider
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Internet
Definition
a worldwide,publicly accessible series of interconnected computer networks
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Packet Switching  
Definition
break info into small addressed, organized units, so that ever time a node gets a packet it tries to move it closer to its destination
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TCP/IP does what?
Definition
connects all networks together
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The internet is a network of _________ linked by ______.
Definition
computers/wires
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The WWW is a network of __________ and ___________ linked by ___________.
Definition
documents/resources/hyperlinks
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We use the ___ to access the web.
Definition
net
Term
Examples of client applications
Definition
internet explorer, outlook express, AIM
Term
Examples of server/network app
Definition
www, IMAP/POP, Oscar
Term
Example of Internet Protocol
Definition
TCP/IP
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What year did the web become very popular?
Definition
1995
Term
What is another term for search engines?
Definition
bank of computers
Term
What 3 contexts can internet be understood within?
Definition
Technological, Political, Economic
Term
In what year did Russians launch the first space rocket?
Definition
1957
Term
What is the name of the first artificial sattelite that was launched?
Definition
Sputnik
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In response to what event did the US department of defense create ARPA?
Definition
Russians launch of SPUTNIK, and US was then driven to maintain technological edge
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What does ARPA stand for?
Definition
Advanced Research Projects Agency
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Why was ARPA created?
Definition
US efforts to maintain technological edge and to fund projects wtih military potential
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What does electric communication look like? And what is wrong with it?
Definition
[image]Unreliable and needed to decentrilize
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What was the solution to electric communication and the central control hub?
Definition
Packet-Switching
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What does packet switching look like?
Definition
[image]No Central Hub, everyone loosely connected to everyone else
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When was ARPANET started?
Definition
1969
Term
What is ARPANET?
Definition
1st nationwide packet switched network- used primarily as a medium of communication for researchers
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What was created by the National Science Foundation as a successor to ARPANET?
Definition
NSFNET
Term
What is an Operating System? (OS)
Definition
the basic software that runs on computer hardware
Term
What operating system became very popular in the 1980s?
Definition
UNIX
Term

In what communities was Linux most popular within?

Definition

science and research

Term
IP
Definition
Internet Protocol
Term
TCP
Definition
Transmission Control Protocol
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IP (internet protocol) does what?
Definition
which defines the datagrams or packets that carry blocks of data from one node to another
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TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) does what?
Definition
TCP makes a virtual 'connection', which gives some level of guarantee of reliability.
Term
Web 2.0
Definition
refers to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services — such as social-networking sites, wikis and folksonomies — which aim to facilitate collaboration and sharing between users.
Term
RSS
Definition
is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines or podcasts. An RSS document, which is called a "feed," "web feed," or "channel," contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text. RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that's easier than checking them manually.
Term
Folksonmy
Definition
is the practice and method of collaboratively creating and managing tags to annotate and categorize content.
Term
A fundamental pioneer in the call for a global network,
Definition
J.C.R. Licklider
Term
digital divide
Definition
still developing countries began to feel further separated from those countries that had the internet
Term
What did Internet Service Providers begin doing in the late 1980s?
Definition
Selling access to the Internet i.e. AOL
Term
Hypertext
Definition
Text that when clicked on leads to links
Term
Definition of WWW
Definition
a global information medium which users can read and write via computers connected to the Internet
Term
Mosaic Web Browser
Definition
graphical browser developed by team at National Center for Supercomputing application, eventually changed name to netscape in 1994/ turning point because it was the start of navigators/browsers
Term
"Dot-com" boom
Definition
began in 1998 resulting from low interest rates which increased the start-up capital amounts for entreprenuers to start their business online
Term
Free has multiple meanings in English.. Free as in _____; free as in _____.
Definition
beer/speech
Term
copyright infringement
Definition
violation of rights
Term
The ability to share ______ is built into the Internet.
Definition
files
Term
DRM
Definition
Digital Rights Movement
Term
Software
Definition
a program that allows a computer to perform a specific task ie. windows XP, solitaire, firefox
Term
Copyright
Definition
an exclusive right to a particular expression of an idea
Term
Patent Law
Definition
Provides monoply protection for investigations
Term

Richard Stallman

Definition
Developed GNU (free operating system), started "copyleft"
Term
Copyleft
Definition
removes restrictions on the distribution of copies and modifies versions of work for others, developed by richard stallman
Term

Stallman and software freedom: What are the principle freedoms?

Definition
  • run program for any purpose
  • study and modify program
  • copy program to help neighbor
  • improve program and release your improvements to the public so that the whole community benefits
Term
LINUX
Definition
operating system modeled on UNIX
Term
Who started LINUX? When?
Definition
Linus Torvalds, finnish grad student in 1991
Term
Torvald and Stallman combined their work to create what?
Definition
The first complete free operating system.
Term
What more "business friendly" term replaced the term "free software?"
Definition
open software
Term
What are the benefts of open-source software?
Definition
  • generall free (as in beer)
  • possible to modify/update/change
  • freedom from "lock in"
  • rapid response to problems in the community
Term
What are the various defintions of privacy?
Definition
privacy as a right, privacy as a private good, privacy as a public
Term
sincerity
Definition
what is exposed in public should be felt in private
Term
authenticity
Definition
what is felt in private should be exposed in public
Term

Panopticon

Definition
prisoners never know if they are being watched so they are always good
Term
Data Aggregation
Definition
bringing things together
Term
How is identity established offline?
Definition
  • identity is a social psychological construct
  • unity of the self- linkage of body with identity
  • group affiliations
  • personal qualities
  • reputation
Term
Anonymity
Definition
quality of not being identifiable
Term
Pseudonymity
Definition
using a false name to disguise a real identity
Term
mitigating
Definition
to make less severe
Term
phishing
Definition
to impersonate a trusted source in the attempt to gain access to restricted info
Term
probing
Definition
testing the dependability of a signal
Term
reputation
Definition
the estimation in which a person or thing is help esp by the community or public
Term
signaling
Definition

how identity is communicated

Ex:speech and language, body lang, facial exp, dress and fashion

Term
How is indentiy communicated?
Definition
Through intentional and unintentional signaling
Term
types of signals
Definition
assessment: high cost/reliability
conventional: low cost/reliability
Term
dangers of online deception
Definition
scams, spam, identity theft, identity issues
Term
reasons ppl are motivated to give gifts
Definition
  • reciprocity
  • reputation
  • sense of efficiency
  • need
  • attachment
  • altruism
  • info on internet became a public good
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