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The internet is a mysterious combination of codes working together to allow for infinite resources at the touch of a finger. Since the internet has become more popular, people are fighting over who is able to control what can be accessed on the internet. Some feel like the internet should be equally accessible for everyone, … Read more
When spectators look at society today, they see today’s youth, absorbed in their phones, laptops, and tablets. They see almost everyone getting more and more used to the idea of violence in society. And they see adults, searching for happiness. Ray Bradbury, who wrote the novel Fahrenheit 451 almost sixty years ago, was able to … Read more
Sitting down in front of your computer surfing the web, using your smartphone or tablet to post to social media, or turning on your favorite streaming video service for a movie with lightning fast internet speeds has become second nature to most of the world. This, however, is not the case in some rural communities … Read more
1. The field that I have chosen is IT Technology and Networking. I find this to be an interesting field because technology is both complex and simple at the same time. Technology is all around us, in every facet of our lives. It would be difficult to go one day without some form of technology … Read more
The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age. Reprint. HarperCollins. Source Summary: This book The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age written by Steiner-Adair brings the attention of families who are turned to the screen, children continually texting their friends, parents working online around the clock, … Read more
We live in a world when the internet consumes most of our time and social media is our number one priority. With social media being such a huge factor in our lives, it has indeed had an effect on the morals of Americans. Social media has caused a great shift in American values over the … Read more
Do you ever find it hard to figure out where they are hiring ? or finding a job that suits your needs? if you answered “yes” to either of these questions, there is a skill called “networking”. So, you must now be asking yourself what is networking? As it states in a website called definitions. … Read more
In lan Bremmer’s essay, “Democracy in Cyberspace,” he elaborates on the usage of technology in the modern era and how the internet has progressively impacted the world on a global stage. He states how countries have adopted the internet to further influence their political policies and expend the reach of their ideology and how technology … Read more
The World Wide Web was created far enough back for most people not to care about the specific date. It is a great asset for school, work, and general entertainment. But, with all the good things it brings, there are some negatives as well. The internet, once a new place of discovery, is now a … Read more
“What’s the Matter with Kids Today? ” is an article written by Amy Goldwasser, an author of young adult books. She has edited and written for various publications including, but not limited to Vogue magazine, The New York Times. Amy has been writing for many leading publishers for fifteen years. She currently lives in Manhattan … Read more
We have all seen the pictures, in our head and on television, of the typical Internet junkie: alone in the dark, he sits glued to the soft glow of the computer screen, hand on the mouse, eyes glaring into the screen. His eyes flutter through the endless web pages and online chats, fingers gliding over … Read more
The Internet is, quite literally, a network of networks. It is comprised of ten thousands of interconnected networks spanning the globe. The computers that form the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments to modest PCs in people’s homes and offices. Despite the recent hype, the Internet is not a new phenomenon. Its roots … Read more
The Internet has had security problems since its earliest days as a pure research project. Today, after several years and orders of magnitude of growth,still has security problems. It is being used for a purpose for which it had never intended. It is somewhat ironic that the early Internet was design as a prototype for … Read more
Imagine a place where people interact in business situations, shop, play video games, do research, or study and get tutoring. Now imagine that there are no office buildings, no shopping centers, no arcades, no libraries, and no schools. These places all exist in a location called the Internet – “an anarchic eyetem (to use an … Read more
The freedom of speech that was possible on the Internet could now be subjected to governmental approvals. For example, China is attempting to restrict political expression, in the name of security and social stability. It requires users of the Internet and electronic mail (e-mail) to register, so that it may monitor their activities. (9) In … Read more
The Internet Era is here and the advances in digital technology are completely changing the way we live. From digital cellular phones to handheld computers not much bigger than a stack of playing cards, digital technology has created an unprecedented explosion of new products that allow consumers to communicate with one another as well as … Read more
The Internet is, quite literally, a network of networks. It is comprised of ten thousands of interconnected networks spanning the globe. The computers that form the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments to modest PCs in peoples homes and offices. Despite the recent hype, the Internet is not a new phenomenon. Its roots … Read more
This is a list a FEW sites that are blocked by different types of censorware according to PeaceFire. Censorware is often called blocking software. This is exactly what it does. It blocks all sorts of web pages, whether they are offensive to the user or not. There is often a great difference between what one … Read more
Initially, the Internet was designed to be used by government and academic users, but now it is rapidly becoming commercialized. It has on-line “shops”, even electronic “shopping malls”. Customers, browsing at their computers, can view products, read descriptions, and sometimes even try samples. What they lack is the means to buy from their keyboard, on … Read more
Everyone has heard of the Internet and how it is going to help set the world free. The Internet is the fastest growing form of communication and is becoming more and more common in the home. Companies these days do big business over the Internet, and online shopping has grown tremendously in the last few … Read more
The internet started out as an information resource for the government so that they could talk to each other. They called it “The Industrucable Network” because it was so many computers linked to gether that if one server went down, no-one would know. This report will mainly focus on the history of the World Wide … Read more
The Internet is, quite literally, a network of networks. It is comprised of ten thousands of interconnected networks spanning the globe. The computers that form the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments to modest PCs in people’s homes and offices. Despite the recent hype, the Internet is not a new phenomenon. Its roots … Read more
The Internet is a method of communication and a source of information that is becoming more popular among those who are interested in, and have the time to surf the information superhighway. The problem with this much information being accessible to this many people is that some of it is deemed inappropriate for minors. The … Read more
The Internet is a wonderful place of entertainment and education, but like all places used by millions of people, it has some murky corners people would prefer children not to explore. In the physical world, society as a whole wants to protect children, but there are no social or physical constraints to Internet surfing. During … Read more
The Internet is a method of communication and a source of information that is becoming more popular among those who are interested in, and have the time to surf the information superhighway. The problem with this much information being accessible to this many people is that some of it is deemed inappropriate for minors. The … Read more
During the past decade, our society has become based solely on the ability to move large amounts of information across great distances in a very short amount of time and at very low costs. The evolution of the computer era and our growing need for ultra-fast communications has caused a global network of interconnected computers … Read more
Imagine a place where people interact in business situations, shop, play video games, do research, or study and get tutoring. Now imagine that there are no office buildings, no shopping centers, no arcades, no libraries, and no schools. These places all exist in a location called the Internet – “an anarchic eyetem (to use an … Read more
A man and computer scientist Robert Taylor had developed a new system of communication that would change the world. Taylor would connect two separate computers that were capable of communicating small bits of information between one another. This was only intended to send simple text messages and numbers using an analog signal, but would prove … Read more
The Internet is a method of communication and a source of information that is becoming more popular among those who are interested in, and have the time to surf the information superhighway. The problem with much information being accessible to this many people is that some of it is deemed inappropriate for minors. The government … Read more
1. The History of the World Wide Web- The internet started out as an information resource for the government so that they could talk to each other. They called it “The Industrucable Network” because it was so many computers linked to gether that if one server went down, no-one would know. This report will mainly … Read more
During the last decade, our society has become based on the sole ability to move large amounts of information across great distances quickly. Computerization has influenced everyone’s life in numerous ways. The natural evolution of computer technology and this need for ultra-fast communications has caused a global network of interconnected computers to develop. This global … Read more
The Internet is a complex web of interconnected servers and workstations that span the globe, linking millions of people and companies. But there is a dark side: The convenient availability of valuable and sensitive electronic information invites severe misuse in the form of stolen, corrupted, or destroyed data found therein. Compounding this problem is the … Read more
Within our society there has been a revolution, one that rivals that of the Industrial Revolution. The Technological Revolution. At the head of this revolution is the Internet. A place full of information, adventure, and even for some, romance. In our society today everyone has heard of this technological wonder, and many use it on … Read more
The Internet is, quite literally, a network of networks. It is comprised of ten thousands of interconnected networks spanning the globe. The computers that form the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments to modest PCs in people’s homes and offices. Despite the recent hype, the Internet is not a new phenomenon. Its roots … Read more
“Inevitably, being an uncontrolled system, means that the Internet will be subjected to subversive applications of some unscrupulous users. ” (Kershaw) The concept of the Internet was created in answer to a strategic problem faced by the United States government during the Cold war era. A nuclear attack would easily disrupt a traditional computer network … Read more
1. Background The Napster software (http://www.napster.com), launched early in 1999, allows internet users to share and download MP3 files directly from any computer connected to the Napster network. The software is used by downloading a client program from the Napster site and then connecting to the network through this software, which allows sharing (uploading and … Read more
The concept of the Internet was created in answer to a strategic problem faced by the United States government during the Cold war era. A nuclear attack would easily disrupt a traditional computer network and hence make communication impossible. The solution was found in a new type of network. A network where all nodes would … Read more
So you believe Al Gore created the Internet? Well thats not possible, because I did. Yes, its true, a few years ago I was sitting in my basement with nothing to do and suddenly the idea came to me: why not create an inter-connected network of networks that will allow users to send mail instantly, … Read more
WAP stands for Wireless Application Protocol. The idea has been developed by some of the wireless telecommunications giants such as Nokia and Ericsson. The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) uses the Internet as a gateway for the transmission of the protocol. WAP has brought the Internet and the sub-services that it provides right into our lives … Read more
Recently, Merriam-Webster announced that, based on “online lookups,” the number one word of the year was “blogs” (Morse, Page 1). Their definition of a blog is “a web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer” (Morse, Page1). This definition is inaccurate based on my research, … Read more
Although the U. S. created the Internet in the 1960s as a communications tool for the military, it was not until after the government opened it to the public in the late 1980s that the Internet became a unique communications phenomenon. Nobody could predict the speed by which people all over the world grabbed onto … Read more
A common thread through all techniques discussed is the need for data. Fortunately, a natural byproduct of users accessing WWW pages is a dataset that contains the sequence of URLs they visited, how long they viewed them, and at what time. This dataset is called the click stream. To maximize its potential, managers can merge … Read more
Netscape’s Client Side State definition:Cookies are a general mechanism which server side connections (such as CGI scripts) can use to both store and retrieve information on the client side of the connection. The addition of a simple, persistent, client-side state significantly extends the capabilities of Web-based client/server applications. Kington, Andy, Andys HTTP Cookie Notes, Available … Read more
Some thirty years ago , the Rand corporation , America’s formost cold war think tank, faced a strange straegic problem. How could the US authrieties succesfully communicate after a nuclear war? Postnuclear America would need a comand-and-control network, linked from city to city , state to state, base to base . But no matter how … Read more
How do you secure something that is changing faster than you can fix it? The Internet has had security problems since its earliest days as a pure research project. Today, after several years and orders of magnitude of growth, is still has security problems. It is being used for a purpose for which it was … Read more
The Popularity Of The Internet Has Hrown Immeasurably In The Past Few Years. Along with it the so-called “hacker” community has grown and risen to a level where it’s less of a black market scenario and more of “A Current Affair” scenario. Misconceptions as to what a hacker is and does run rampant in everyone … Read more
What will US politics and the economy be like as we progress through the twenty-first century? There is no single vision, but many people perceive a type of digital democracy. The use of information via Internet or World Wide Web will dramatically change politics and the way government takes place. For example, a digital democracy … Read more
Presently, it seems that the Internet is playing a very important role in everyone’s daily life. This multipurpose network has many different functions useful for everyday work and entertainment. Due to the freedom of the Internet various debates and protests have come to disagree with its open form of communication. Because of the misuse of … Read more
Now, with the click of a button, consumers are buying just about anything imaginable, and all from the convenience of the internet. People no longer have to leave their homes, work or where ever there is internet access to make important purchases. Technology has advanced so that companies are conducting business around the world with … Read more
In today’s fast paced world of internet commerce it would be hard to accomplish many of the tasks without the creation of “cookies. ” Since their advent, cookies have been given a bad name and associated immediately with a loss of privacy. In April of 2001 a newspaper article defined cookies as, “programs that Web … Read more
