Tutorial 1, CIS133DA
Instructor: Phil Waclawski
Spring 2008
Tutorial 1
Student Name _______________
NOTE: All work turned in during this class MUST be typed or it will not be graded. Also, include your asnwer after each question, DO NOT just turn in a list of answers, it makes it difficult to grade.
- What does DNS do for us on the internet? Why are domain names more
portable than IP addresses?
- Give an example of a web client, an ftp client and an email client.
(Must be three different program names, may need to check out
shareware.com for help)
- Using lecture notes (and Hobbes internet time line on the main course
page) list 5 big events in the history of the internet, make sure you
include a couple that relate to the web, and the year they happened.
- The number of internet hosts increased by how many millions from 1995
(when businesses first started taking the internet seriously) to what we
now have in 2005, only 10 years later? (book can help)
- Coaxial cable, fiber optic cable and wireless are three of the ways
devices are connected into networks, and to the internet. For each,
explain the advantages and disadvantages.
- When looking for an Internet Service provider, cable company, etc,
what are 5 things you need to know (which might be in their AUP) and/or
want to have them provide, or need to have them provide (ie for email to
work)?
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