Weekely Assignment

Content from:

Primary Textbook: Jamsa, K. A. (2013). Cloud computing: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, virtualization, business models, mobile, security and more. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Secondary Textbook: Erl, T., Mahmood, Z., & Puttini, R. (2014). Cloud computing: concepts, technology, & architecture. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

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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.

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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

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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

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Wireless Networking

Wi-Fi – takes an Internet signal and converts it to radio waves

Mobile Network

Bluetooth – enables functions on mobile devices

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