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Technology Infrastructure: The Internet and the World Wide Web Chapter 2 © Cengage Learning 2015 Learning Objectives In this chapter, you will learn: About the origin, growth, and current structure of the Internet How packet-switched networks are combined to form the Internet How Internet, e-mail, and Web protocols work About Internet addressing and how Web domain names are constructed © Cengage Learning 2015 2 2 Learning Objectives (cont’d.) About the history and use of markup languages on the Web How HTML tags and links work About technologies people and businesses use to connect to the Internet About Internet2 and the Semantic Web © Cengage Learning 2015 3 3 Introduction A growing number of Internet users are using smartphone or tablet Smartphones are typically only the access method in developing countries History of Internet-capable mobile phones First introduced in late-1990s Slow, unreliable service, no keyboards 2001: Treo, Blackberry introduced 2009: All major phone manufacturers had products 2011-2013: Lower price phones targeted developing markets © Cengage Learning 2015 4 The Internet and the World Wide Web Computer network Technology allowing people to connect computers Internet (capital “I) Interconnected global computer networks internet (small “i”) Group of interconnected computer networks Basic technology structure Supports networks, the Internet, and e-commerce © Cengage Learning 2015 5 5 The Internet and the World Wide Web (cont’d.) World Wide Web (Web) Subset of Internet computers Includes easy-to-use interfaces © Cengage Learning 2015 6 6 Origins of the Internet Early 1960s Defense Department nuclear attack concerns Powerful computers (large mainframes) Leased telephone company lines Single connection Single connection risk solution Communicate using multiple channels (packets) 1969 Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) Packet network connected four computers ARPANET: earliest network (became the Internet) Academic research use (1970s and 19