| THE INTERNET
Directions: Create a Word document where you will answer the following
questions in your own words based on our in-class discussion on computer.
You are free to use the Intel's Website - The Internet to help you with your
answers. (www97.intel.com/discover/journeyinside/tji_internet/default.aspx)
Lesson 4: Breaking Messages into Packets
1. Do pages on the Internet arrive in one piece? Explain.
2. What are packets?
3. Why are messages chopped into packets?
4. Explore the 4 parts of the packet by clicking on each part - name
and explain each part separately.
5. What do routers prevent?
Lesson 4 - Activity 1: Packing a message
1. Explore the activity.
2. In your own words, in a step-by-step way, explain the process of
sending a message (page) over the Web.
Lesson 3: How Information Travels on the Internet
1. What is hosting?
2. Is there a fixed connection between your computer and a Web server?
Explain.
3. What are the routers?
4. Click on GO button multiple times to see different paths of page
transfers!
Lesson 2: What is a URL?
1. Why web pages need unique addresses?
2. What is a web address?
3. What does URL stand for and what is it?
4. Look at the address http://www.nasa.gov/ and answer the following
about it:
a) What is http and what does it stand for?
b) What is www in the address above and what is a server?
c) What does gov represents in the address above?
d) How do we call the www.nasa.gov and what is domain name?
Lesson 1: The World Wide Web
1. What is the World Wide Web?
2. What is HTML and what does it stand for?
3. What is a hypertext and what is a link?
4. What is the difference between old fashioned Internet and today's
Web?
Internet Introduction
1. What is Internet?
2. What is computer network?
3. What is the largest computer network in the world?
4. What is at Internet's heart?
5. What is the most remarkable thing about Internet?
6. What does ISP stand for and what is it?
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Intel offers seven educational lessons that briefly introduce the history
of computers, as well as computer architecture. The lessons can be found on
Intel's Website - Introduction to Computers. Be sure to read the
instructions presented on the first page - they will help you to navigate
the website with ease and you will answer the questions faster and better.
Every underlined word allows you to click on it to access further
information related to the particular word - so don't be afraid to do
exactly that.
Lesson 7: Which is Smarter - Human Brain or Computer
1. Who processes information faster - human brain or computer?
2. Who has better memory - human brain or computer?
3. Who is able to make well-reasoned decisions - human brain or
computer?
4. Who has the ability to think original thoughts - human brain or
computer?
5. What is artificial intelligence?
Lesson 6: How Computers Deliver Information
1. List four different devices used for delivering information (getting
output).
2. Why processing information wouldn't really matter if you couldn't
get output?
3. Define word download.
Lesson 5: How Computers Process Information
1. What is embedded processor?
2. What is difference between embedded processors and microprocessors?
3. What part of the computer processes information?
Lesson 4: How Computers Store Information
1. Give a simple example of a device storing information.
2. What two kinds of storage computer use?
3. What is temporary storage and what is RAM?
4. What is long-term storage and what is ROM?
5. List four different devices used for storing information
Lesson 3: How Computers Get Input
1. Define information processing?
2. What are input devices?
3. List four different input devices and describe how they enable us to
input information?
Lesson 2: Four Components of a Computer
1. What are the similarities between a computer and a toaster?
2. What are the differences between a computer and a toaster?
3. What do we mean when we say hardware?
4. What is software? Does toaster have software?
5. In several sentences describe the meaning of the microprocessor and
what is it for?
Lesson 1: History of Computers
1. What was the earliest calculating machine and how long ago was it
created?
2. Who was the first to create the true ancestor of the first computer?
3. What are the four components essential to modern computing?
4. Define each component separately - what do we mean when we say
input, storage, and so on?
5. Explain the difference between mechanical components and electronic
components. Explain why are electronic components better?
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