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School of Computer & Information Sciences ITS-631 Operational Excellence Chapter 5 – Information Systems for Business and Beyond (2019)
Learning Objectives
understand the history and development of networking technologies;
define the key terms associated with networking technologies;
understand the importance of broadband technologies; and
describe organizational networking.
Brief History of the Internet
ARPANET
The Internet and the World Wide Web
TCP/IP
Review the Sidebar: An Internet Vocabulary Lesson
The Dot-Com Bubble
Web 2.0
Read the Sidebar: E-mail is the Killer App for the Internet AND The Internet and the World Wide Web Are Not the Same Thing
The Growth of High Speed Internet
Speed
Bits-per-second
1200bps to 56,000 bps
Started out with dial up (could take 24 minutes or more to just download a song)
High Speed
Minimum of 256,000 bps
Average home broadband =12 Mbps and 125 Mbps
Wireless Networking
Wi-Fi – takes an Internet signal and converts it to radio waves
Mobile Network
Bluetooth – enables functions on mobile devices
VOIP and Organizational Networking
VOIP – allows analog signals to be converted to digital signals then transmit over the network
Organizational Networking
LAN – local area network
WAN – wide area network
Client-Server, Intranet, and Extranet
Client- Server
Stand alone devices work together on a network
Intranet
An organizational web-based resource for users internal to the organization
Extranet
Used for external collaboration with an organizations users
Cloud-computing
Can be used for data storage capacity on the Internet
References
Bourgeous, D., Smith, J., Wang. S., Mortati, J. (2019). Information Systems for Business and Beyond. Retrieved from https://opentextbook.site/informationsystems2019/.