Pre-Lab for Lab 2
Please have the following done for the second Lab:
- 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.
- Now answer the following questions:
- What is a protocol, and why is it useful?
- What is meant by file transfer? Give an example of when it
might come in handy.
- What is an IP address? What is an Internet host name?
How are these related?
- Name the 2 parts of an email address.
- What do HTTP and HTML stand for, and how are they
related?
- List 5 ways (protocols) to use the internet.
- What is the term that means to bring something from a computer to your
disk?
- Generally, you have trouble finding too many / too few documents
about a subject on the Internet. Circle one:
- Explore Netscape. Try to use as many menus and buttons as you can.
- Go through the web pages for the class. Remember, the address is:
http://www.itlabs.umn.edu/classes/csci1001/
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