Web Design
The Journey Inside a Computer – How the Internet Works
Vocabulary of the Internet and Web Pages: 4 points
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Once you complete this document, show it to Mrs. H for approval and credit.
Begin with “Explore the Curriculum, The Internet”
Lesson 1 The World Wide Web, read the material, and answer the following:
1.Define World Wide Web:
2. Who is Tim Berners-Lee?
3. What did Tim Berners-Lee do?
4. Define Link:
5. What happens when you click on a hyperlink?
Continue with Lesson 2What is a URL
6. Click the link “in this example”. Scroll over each part of the URL and describe what each part means.
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www =
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8. There are billions of web pages on the internet all needing unique addresses, how is it so easy to create a different address for each page?
9. Define web address:
10. Define URL:
Lesson 3 How information travels on the Internet
11. What does a router do?
Click the example and watch the demonstration of how a router works.
Lesson 4 Breaking Messages into Packets
12. How is a page on the Internet sent to you?
13. What is a packet?
14. Why are web pages broken down into a puzzle?
Look at the example of how packets work and complete activity one “packing a message”
Lesson 5 Bigger is Better
15. What are the three reasons you have to wait for the Web page to finish building on your screen?
16. What is bandwidth? Why is more better?
Look at the example of bandwidth.
Lesson 6 How computer speeds are measured
17. A bit is a 0 or a 1. When put together into a line of 8 numbers what does a bit create?
Look at the example of connection speeds and use the calculator to determine download speed.
Lesson 7 Information on the Internet
18. List at least 5 things you can do on the internet:
19. What is the problem with search engines?
Lesson 8 Connecting Wirelessly
20. Why would you want the Internet to connect wirelessly to your computer?
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