Pre-Lab for Lab 2


Please have the following done for the second Lab:

  1. Please look over chapters 2-3 of the Internet Companion, and also look at the Guide to Cyberspace. Both are also located in the Additional Links section of the webpage.


  2. Now answer the following questions:
    1. What is a protocol, and why is it useful?
      
      
      		
    2. What is meant by file transfer? Give an example of when it might come in handy.
      
      
      		
    3. What is an IP address? What is an Internet host name? How are these related?
      
      
      
      
      		
    4. Name the 2 parts of an email address.
      
      		
    5. What do HTTP and HTML stand for, and how are they related?
      
      
      
      		
    6. List 5 ways (protocols) to use the internet.
      
      
      
      		
    7. What is the term that means to bring something from a computer to your disk?
      
      		
  3. Generally, you have trouble finding too many / too few documents about a subject on the Internet. Circle one:


  4. Explore Netscape. Try to use as many menus and buttons as you can.


  5. Go through the web pages for the class. Remember, the address is: http://www.itlabs.umn.edu/classes/csci1001/





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