Impact of the Internet correct answers Collaboration
Communication (dissemination of information)
Crowdsourcing
Anonymity
Censorship
protocol correct answers a widely agreed upon set of rules that standardize communication
between machines
What is the Internet? correct answers A philosophy of making information and knowledge
open and accessible to ALL
A network of networks
Built on open, agreed upon protocols
A way for all humans and all machines to communicate with each other
Communication correct answers Email
Video calls
Social media
What does the Internet enable? correct answers Community supported causes (match4lara)
Collaborative problem solving at a massive scale (foldit)
Distributed computing (folding@home)
E-commerce
Citizen science correct answers science that harnesses the solving capacity of thousands of
people on the Internet to solve complex problems
Distributed computing correct answers donate computing power rather than personal puzzle
solving time
E-commerce correct answers online shopping
- buy directly from retailers
- easily purchase from other people who don't have a physical store
- able to find the best product at the lowest price
Crowdfunding - allows people to raise money to fund projects
Access to Information correct answers open databases of scientific publications
wikileaks
-free and subscription based
- scientific papers are no longer for students only
- transparency of information
-potential danger in classified secrets being public
, Online learning correct answers -leaning is becoming more and more blended
-online courses offer a wide array of subjects
-benefits to educators and students
Entertainment correct answers -YouTube
-online gaming
-memes
Complications correct answers -access to copyrighted material
-anonymity
-censorship
access to copyrighted material correct answers -peer to peer networks allow people to share
content that isn't theirs
anonymity correct answers -big question of how identifiable Internet users should be
-equality on the internet
-cyber bullying
censorship correct answers -should google display search results that have explicit or illegal
content?
-should a government be able to filter what content its citizens see on the Internet
The Internet... correct answers -connects devices and networks all over the world
-helps people collaborate to solve problems
-helps people communicate
network correct answers a group of 2+ computer systems liked together
router correct answers -forwards a request from one computer in a network to another
-connects computers in a network by acting as the middle man
The Internet correct answers -is a massive network of routers
-a network connecting individual networks
Methods to send information correct answers -electricity
-light
-radio
Ethernet cables (electricity) correct answers Pros: cheap
Cons: only covers medium distances
High voltage: 1
Low "": 0
Fiber Optic Cable (light) correct answers Pro: long distance
Cons: Very expensive
-covers most of the distance on the Internet?
-used by Internet providers