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ARPAnet
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The original Internet which enabled military and academic researchers to communicate on a distributed network system.
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Microprocessors
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Miniature circuits that process and store electronic signals
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Fiber-optic cable
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Thin glass bundles of fiber capable of transmitting thousands of messages simultaneously [via laser light]
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World Wide Web [aka the Web]
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Developed by Tim Berners-Lee in the late 80s, initially a text data-linking system that allowed computer accessed information to associate with other information no matter where it was on the internet.
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HTML
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Hypertext markup language, aka the written code the creates web pages and links
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Web browsers
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Software packages that help users navigate the Web
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Internet service provider (ISP)
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Connects home users to the Web, either dial-up or broadband connections
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Broadband connections
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Can quickly download multimedia content (dial-up is much slower)
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Directories
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Rely on people to review and catalogue Web sites, creating categories and hierarchical topic structures that can be browsed [first company to do so = Yahoo!]
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Search engines
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Allow users to find content by having them enter a key word or query to locate related Web pages
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Digital communication
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Enables all media content to be created in the same basic way, which makes media convergence possible.
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Instant messaging
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Enables users to send & receive real-time computer messages.
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Blogs
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Sites that contain articles or posts in chronological, journal-like form, often with reader comments and links to other sites.
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Wiki web sites
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Wiki = quick [in Hawaiian], sites that enable anyone to edit and contribute to them.
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Social media sites
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Sites like myspace, facbeook, livejournal, hi5, bebo, orkut, and linkedin, big with social networking
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