Reading for week # 7

1) Tyson, Jeff. http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet-infrastructure.htm/printable

I am going to summarize the important terms in this reading

- The Internet Society is a non-profit group established in 1992, oversees the formation of the policies and protocols that define how we use and interact with the Internet.
- (ISP) stands for Internet Service Provider
- (LAN) stands for local area network (
- (POP) stands for Point of Presence. The POP is a place for local users to access the company's network, often through a local phone number or dedicated line.
- NAPs stands for Network Access Points
- The routers: determine where to send information from one computer to another. Routers are specialized computers that send your messages and those of every other Internet user speeding to their destinations along thousands of pathways.
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) created the first high-speed backbone in 1987.
- Internet Protocol or IP Addresses :Every machine on the Internet has a unique identifying number,
- RL: Uniform Resource Locator: when you use the Web or send an e-mail message, you use a domain name to do it.
- Internet Protocol: Domain Name System: When the Internet was in its infancy, it consisted of a small number of computers hooked together with modems and telephone lines.
- Root DNS servers: would start its search for an IP address by contacting one of the
- Internet servers make the Internet possible. All of the machines on the Internet are either servers or clients

Andrew K. Pace. „Dismantling Integrated Library Systems“ Library Journal, vol 129 Issue 2, p34-36. 2/1/2004

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By reading this article I found that librarians have a significant impact on technology. According to the article “Librarians are dismantling systems, and creating new modules, out of frustration with the inflexible nonextensible technology of their propriety system.” Because of that we as librarians we have to make sure that we have good knowledge about technology so we can keep up with the expanding of technology to benefit our libraries

Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Inside the Google machine.

The video was very interesting and I liked it. I think Google are going in a right direction. They try to invent things that can help not just their society but also they want to benefit the whole world this video is old, now Google works on new project called “WAVE” which is a host conversation. People can see what you write in the email immediately if they are online.