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Chapter 2: The Internet’s
Structure and History
IB 300: Advanced Computer
Sciences.
Professor: Nabil Elmjati
Overall Structure of the Internet
All real-world networks, including the Internet,
are a mix of LANs and WANs
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Example: A company or a college
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One or more LANs connecting its local computers
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Individual LANs interconnected into a wide-area
company network
Structure of a Typical Company Network
Overall Structure of the Internet
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Internet Service Provider (ISP)
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A wide-area network
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Provides a pathway from a specific network to
Other networks, or from an individual’s computer
to other networks
ISPs are hierarchical
Interconnect to each other in multiple layers to
provide greater geographical coverage
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Structure of a Network Using an ISP
Overall Structure of the Internet
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Internet
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A huge interconnected “network of networks”
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Includes nodes, LANs, WANs, bridges, routers,
and multiple levels of ISPs
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Early 2003
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170 million nodes (hosts)
Communication Protocols
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A protocol
A mutually agreed upon set of rules, conventions,
and agreements for the efficient and orderly
exchange of information
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TCP/IP
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The Internet protocol hierarchy
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Governs the operation of the Internet
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Four layers
Network Services and Benefits
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Services offered by computer networks
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Electronic mail (email)
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Bulletin boards
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News groups
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Chat rooms
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Resource sharing
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Physical resources
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Logical resources
Network Services and Benefits
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Services offered by computer networks
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Client-server computing
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Information sharing
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Information utility
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Electronic commerce (e-commerce)
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DNS: Domain Name System (System or
Server)
A Protocol that translates web addresses into
IP address.
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How can we know the public IP of a web
address ?
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Answer: the nslookup command
A Brief History of the Internet and the
World Wide Web: The Internet
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRpcSjck4wo
A Brief History of the Internet and the
World Wide Web: The Internet
1957
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The USSR launches the first satellite, Sputnik. To compete against
the USSR's success at launching the first satellite, the United States
Department of Defense creates the Advanced Research Projects
Agency (ARPA).
ARPA is responsible for the development of new technology for
use by the military.
1964
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Rand Corporation proposes a new information network so that the
United States could successfully communicate after a nuclear war.
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1969
• The first host-to-host Advanced Research Projects Agency
Network (ARPANET) connection is made on October 25, 1969,
between the University of California at Los Angeles, and the
Stanford Research Institute, Inc. (SRI) in Menlo Park, California.
1972
• ARPANET begins to be used for communicating email.
1973
• The term “Internet” begins to be used.
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1990
• The phrase “World Wide Web” is used for the first time.
1991
• Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC) becomes the first web server
on the Internet.
1992
• Internet registration begins for .com, .net. .org, .edu, and .gov.
1993
• The Internet takes off as part of the world’s fastest growing
information network.
• The World Wide Web is developed in CERN, the Institute for
Particle Physics in Switzerland.
The World Wide Web vs Internet
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The Internet is a computer network consisting of a worldwide
network of computer networks and cables that use the TCP/IP
network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange.
The World Wide Web is a computer network consisting of a
collection of internet sites that offer text, graphics, sound and
animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol.
Hypertext Documents
Summary
Computer network: A set of independent
computer systems connected by
telecommunication links
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Options for transmitting data on a network: Dialup telephone lines, DSL, cable modem, Ethernet,
Fast Ethernet
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Types of networks: Local area network (LAN)
and wide area network (WAN)
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Summary (continued)
The Internet is a huge interconnected "network
of networks"
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TCP/IP is the Internet protocol hierarchy,
composed of four layers.
The World Wide Web is an information system
based on the concept of hypertext
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