WSMS Internet Basics 02: What is the Internet?

Internet Basics 02: What is the Internet?

Let's take a brief look at what the internet is and how it started.

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What *is* the internet, anyway?

Open Ended

INPUT:

Without looking it up first, type your own definition for what "the internet" is.

(We'll be sharing these, so be ready to tell us yours!)

Internet Definition

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines internet as:

"an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world"

Multiple Choice

VOCABULARY QUERY:

A group of computers that is connected together is called a/an... what?

• server

• router

• network

• operating system

DATA CHECK

Let's see how much you remember from the video.

Are you ready?

Multiple Choice

Question 1:

ARPANET was a research project for which United States department?

• Department of Education

• Department of the Interior

• Department of Homeland Security

• Department of Defense

Multiple Choice

Question 2:

What problem was Paul Baran working to solve with ARPANET?

• How to win a war without soldiers fighting

• How to keep information flowing if there was a nuclear attack

• How to move troops faster from one battle to another

• How to keep all information centralized to one computer

Multiple Choice

Question 3:

What kind of network was ARPANET?

• A distributed packet-switched network

• A television network

• A centralized network

• A wi-fi network

Multiple Choice

Question 4:

Fill in the blank: The internet is made up of an incredibly large number of independently operated ________.

• servers

• networks

• cables

• machines

Multiple Choice

Question 5:

According to Vint Cerf in the video, science "gets done" by sharing... what?

• Selfies

• Computers

• Programs

• Knowledge

REVIEW:

From the start of class to now, how has your definition of what the internet is changed?

UPLOAD:

Go to the Classwork tab and look in the Today section for the UPLOAD activity we're doing.