Exercise 1

1. Write a brief history of the development of the internet. What, in your own words made the internet the driving force in today’s communication oriented world?

   The history of the Internet starts in the 1950s and 1960s with the development of computers. The ARPANET led to the development of protocols for inter-networking, where multiple separate networks could be joined together into a network of networks. In 1982 the TCPIP was made public and the concept of a world-wide network called the Internet was introduced. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, commercial internet service providers started to spring up.

     In my opinion, the internet is the driving force in today’s communication oriented world because it allows the transfer of information, media, knowledge, money, etc in seconds, using minimal cost.

2. Use the command “tracert” to count how many routers does it take you to access the following sites

1. www.taylors.edu.my = 11 routers
2. www.google.com.my = 12 routers
3. www.cnn.com = 23 routers