L10: The Internet and Web
L10: Reflection
This lesson helped me get a better idea of how computers actually talk to each other over networks and the internet. I used to think it was just magic, but now I know there’s a lot going on behind the scenes, like how data moves through routers, switches, and servers to get where it needs to go. One of the coolest parts was learning the basics of how websites are built and accessed. Setting up a site isn’t as complicated as I thought once you understand the structure. We also got a look at some basic coding and scripting, like using HTML to create pages and a little bit of CSS to style them. It made me realize that even a simple website needs a solid foundation of coding behind it.
L10: JavaScript
- I would guess the else if statement because it allows you to chain multiple conditions. All the conditions build on each other it really depends on the situation.
L10: HTML
L10: The Internet and Web Discussion
The internet is a worldwide interconnected system of computers, servers, and routers that communicate via established protocols such as ftp, http, smtp, etc. The internet began as a research project by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Its goal was to create a connection between two research universities in order to communicate. This project was named Advanced Research Project Agency Network (ARPANET). An early design consideration that is still present today is having a network that have multiple pathways to traverse the data. This allows for communications to continue in the event of a line being destroyed. This technique is known as a mesh network. As the internet took shape everything was text based and gradually as standards were put into place and ISP were brought in to not restrict their traffic the internet exploded. It was at this time in 1989 that Tim Berners-Lee conceived the idea to merge the all the technologies together to create a global system that is easy to use. The World Wide Web acts as an additional user-friendly layer to the data.
Today both the internet and the web are an integral part of our lives driving the many innovations and growths within societies. We communicate over this constantly, gather information, play games, and pay our bills. As the interconnectedness continue it spawned the Internet of Things (IoT). This idea is to have any electronic device be connected to the internet achieving seamless data transfer to facilitate a better experience. At the same time the standards which the web is built on have constantly evolved as better technology and solutions are adopted such as http being secured to https to better protect users. Security by design is being considered in every context.
