How Does the Internet Work? With Steven Gago

Kristen and her software engineer spouse Steve Gago have been “safer at home” for weeks, so they decided to record an episode together while trying to stay sane. Steve is back on the show to talk about how the Internet works!

Internet Concepts

1. History
2. 1. Who made the Internet? - NOT Al Gore
      1. ARPANET
   2. (D)ARPA
   3. Circuit switching vs. packet switching
      1. World Wide Web, WWW
      2. Hypertext protocol
   4. Tim Berners-Lee, CERN
   5. Related technologies
   6. Browsers
   1. Client
   2. Server
   3. Packet
   4. Internet protocol (IP) address
   5. Media access control (MAC) address
   6. Router, switch
   7. Internet backbone
   8. Internet service provider (ISP)
   9. Fiber optics
      1. Hypertext transfer protocol (http), ...secure (https)
         1. e.g. .com, .show, .ninja
      2. Top level domain
      3. Path
   10. Universal resource locator (URL), domain name
   11. Host
   12. Why your Internet is slow!
       1. ICANN
   13. Why the “I” in “Internet” is capitalized
3. How it works

Resource

Textbook: Computer Networks and Internets, Douglas Comer, 6th Edition

https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Networks-Internets-Douglas-Comer/dp/0133587932

Related Episodes

How Do Computers Work? With Steven Gago

https://www.earlybirdscience.com/episodes/9

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