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Chapter 1 The Internet & Web

This chapter provides an overview of concepts related to the Internet and World Wide Web. Visit the links on this page to learn more about each topic.

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• History of the Internet & Web
  • A Brief History of the Internet 
  • Hobbes Internet Timeline
    
    
• Internet Standards and Coordination
  • Internet Society
  • IETF
  • IAB
  • ICANN
  • IANA
    
    
• Web Standards & Accessibility
  • W3C - World Wide Web Consortium
  • Web Standards Project
  • Web Accessibility Initiative
  • Federal IT Accessibility Initiative
  • Illinois Web Accessibility Standards
  • WebAIM
  • WebAIM Screenreader Simulation
  • Section 508
  • ADA
  • Applying the ADA to the Internet
    
    
• Copyright Issues
  • Pirated Sites
  • Copyright.gov
  • Creative Commons
  • WIPO
    
    
• Internet Architecture
  • Mapnet
  • AT&T Network Performance
  • Chicago NAP
    
    
• Domain Name Registration
  • Register.com
  • IANA Country Code List
    
    
• Internet & Web Trends
  • ClickZ Web Statistics
  • Jupiter Research
  • Comscore
  • PEW Internet & American Life Project
  • Internet Appliances
  • IPV6
  • XML
  • XHTML Basic
  • Web Services(UDDI)
  • Internet2
  • Open Mobile Alliance
  • Bluetooth
  • WML

Emerging Trends in Social Computing

• Blogs: Post your thoughts and opinions
  Blogger, Bloglines Dairyland, Xanga
• Blogs in Business: IBM Adobe
• RSS - Syndicate your site content
• Podcasting - Host your own "radio" show (What is a podcast?)
  Nielsen Netratings Podcast Survey Results
  Forrester Research Podcast Usage Survey
• del.icio.us - Social bookmark manager
• wikipedia - An encyclopedia anyone can edit
• Build your own free wiki at PBwiki or WikiSpaces.
• flickr - Store, search, share, and sort your photos
• WEB 2.0:
  The future of web design
  Tim Berners-Lee's viewpoint
  Video Overview (five minutes)
  An Anthropology Professor's vision of Web 2.0 (five minutes)
  The Next Web

The future is here -- it's just not widely distributed yet.
William Gibson

Wiki, Blog, and RSS Applications for Business

The collaboration and open communiation that wikis, weblogs and RSS feeds enable provide new opportunities for businesses and non-profit organization to utilize the knowledge of their workers. See Wharton for a brief interview of two leaders in the field on this topic.

The Internet & Web - Critical Thinking

Take a moment to carefully consider some of the issues below:

1. Has the Internet changed the way that you communicate with your friends and family, work on school assignments, research and compare products? If so, how? Cite specific examples. How do you think it will impact these activities in the future?

2. Are you aware of a so-called "Digital Divide"— the difference between individuals that use computers and those that do not? Do you think there really is a Digital Divide? Cite examples. What can be done to bridge this divide? Explore http://digitaldivide.org for further information.

Chapter Updates

• Page 16, last paragraph in FAQ, second sentence:
  2,128 should be 2¹²⁸

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