1. Mass Media

Mass media technologies that started off as helping interpersonal communication

2. Structure of the internet

by centralized, decentralized or distributed networks

mostly distributed because it limits the links between computers and makes it hard to

track

3. Packet switching

breaking up a larger message into smaller packets and transmitting them independently

across the network. The receiving computer reassembles the packets into the original

message

4. ARPA & ARPAnet

- What is ARPA?

it was the beginning organization that created the precursor to the internet

- What was ARPAnet?

the precursor network to the internet that was created to help further research

5. Role of the military & academics in developing the internet

the network was created for them to communicate and for research to be moved along

6. Internet Protocols (TCP/IP)

- What is TCP?

a set of rules that governs the delivery of data over the Internet or other network that

uses the Internet Protocol, and sets up a connection between the sending and receiving

computers.

- What is IP?

Provides the address for each computer on the internet

7. e-mail

message sent from one computer to another computer across the network