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Table of contents
Slide 1
What is the Internet, Anyway?
Question: What Is the Internet?
Slide 4
Question: How Big Is The Internet?
Question: Who Owns / Operates It?
Question: What Is It Used For?
Question: What of its General Architecture?
Example Backbone: Level 3
Example Backbone: Qwest
Example Backbone: AT&T
Relationships Between ISPs
Peering
The Internet is Changing Everything
Tools
Tools for Understanding the Internet
Ping
Traceroute (tracert on Windows)
VisualRoute
Standards
What is a Standard?
Major Internet Standards Bodies
Some Important RFCs
History
Early History of Communications
Leading up to the Internet
ARPANET: The Early Days
Proliferation of Networks
An Aside: Life Before IP
An Aside: The IP Solution
Signs of Things to Come
Signs of Things to Come (Cont.)
Arrival of the Web
Big Business Gets Involved
Recent Events
Links
References
Author:
Mike Borella