Problem #1 - Internet Timeline Quiz
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1. ARPANET, NSFNet, NSFNET, PERL
2. Sputnik
3. Telenet
4. Mosiac
5. Vinton Cerf
Problem #2 - My Hotmail address is
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1. ID Name :dpotter27@hotmail.com
2. Password : XXXXXX {Do not record your password here}
Problem #3 - My AOL IM name is
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1. IM Name : dpotter@carolina.rr.com
2. Password : XXXXXX {Do not record your password here}
Problem #4 - Learn to prune roses at
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1. http://www.dilip.info/roses/HowTo/pruning.html
Problem #5 - Today's horoscope is at
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1. http://www.horoscope.com/
Problem #6 - Today's history is at
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1. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do
Problem #7 - WS_FTP can be downloaded from
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1. ftp://ftp.webyoda.com/
Problem #8 - Learn More About WS_FTP at
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1. http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/WS_FTP/tutorials/tours/index.htm
Problem #9 - Acrobat can be downloaded from
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1. ftp.webyoda.com
Problem #10 - Acquire free Web space
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1. ID Name :dpotter27
2. Password : XXXXXX {Do not record your password here}
Problem #11 - My free Web site is at
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1.dpotter27.angelfire.com
Homework: 4 URLs and interesting facts
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1a. URL =http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet-infrastructure4.htm
1b. Fact = The first high speed backbone was created in 1987 by the NSF
2a. URL = http://searchcio.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid182_gci214411,00.html
2b. Fact =B2b - stands for business to business (EBIZ)
3a. URL = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML
3b. Fact =XML is and acronym for Extensible Markup Language
4a. URL = http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/default.asp
4b. Connection Speed = Download Speed: 459 kbps (57.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 296 kbps (37 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 385 ms
4c. URL = http://www.digitallanding.com/section_display.cfm/section_id/20?gclid=CNnOw_K88Z0CFZg42godkVT01A
4d. Connection Speed =Your Results:
Download Speed: 451 kbps (56.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 315 kbps (39.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency/Ping: 214 ms
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 8:45:25 AM
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My connection speed results were based on me using my Tilt tethered as a modem. Pretty sloooooow. :) I enjoyed this class very much!!
Thanks,
Dwayne Potter
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