CS456/556 - Internet Services Study Guide

Test Format - Take-home
Four Discussion Questions and Hands-on Exercises

• Telnet - 5 pts.
• E-mail with attachments - 5 pts.
• FTP - 5 pts.
• Bulletin Board - 5 pts.
• One Web pages (20 pts) [you may use any software you wish to create the page]
  • images - 5 pts.
  • links - 5 pts.
  • lists - 5 pts.
  • tables - 5 pts.
• 6-12 Short Answer Questions - 60 pts.

Study Material

1. Chapter 1 - The Internet Has Arrived
   PART I    Introduction To Networking
2. Chapter 2 - Telephones Everywhere
3. Chapter 3 - The World Was Once Analog
4. Chapter 4 - The Once and Future Digital Network
5. Chapter 5 - Basic Communications
6. Chapter 6 - The Local Area Network Arrives
   PART II    Brief History Of The Internet
7. Chapter 7 - Internet: The Early Years
8. Chapter 8 - A Decade of Incredible Growth
9. Chapter 9 - The Global Internet
10. Chapter 10 - A Global Information Infrastructure
    PART III    How The Internet Works
11. Chapter 11 - Packet Switching
12. Chapter 12 - Internet: A Network of Networks
13. Chapter 13 - IP: Software To Create A Virtual Network
14. Chapter 14 - TCP: Software For Reliable Communications
15. Chapter 15 - Clients + Servers = Distributed Computing
16. Chapter 16 - Names For Computers
17. Chapter 17 - Why The Internet Works Well PART IV    Services Available on The Internet
18. Chapter 18 - Electronic Mail
19. Chapter 19 - Bulletin Board Services (Network News)
20. Chapter 20 - File Transfer (FTP)
21. Chapter 21 - Remote Login (TELNET)
22. Chapter 22 - Browsing The World Wide Web
23. Chapter 23 - World Wide Web Documents (HTML)
24. Chapter 24 - Advanced Web Technologies
25. Chapter 25 - Automated Web Search (Search engines)
26. Chapter 26 - Audio and Video Communication
27. Chapter 27 - The Global Digital Library

Terms / Concepts

Internet	E-Rate	modem	telecommunications
analog/digital communications	ASCII	LAN	WAN
ARPANET	backbone network	TCP/IP Internet Protocol Suite	TCP/IP
RFCs	Open Systems	protocols	UNIX
IAB	IEFT	IP addresses	Domain Names
BITNET	FIDONET	X.25	EBONE
packet switching	routers	CSU/DSU	e-mail
SMTP	POP-3	client	server
headers	discussion groups	BBSs	Network News
ftp	telnet	WWW	hypermedia
URL	HTTP	HTML	browser
bookmarks	CGI	Java

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