CGS 3175 Internet Applications

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CGS 3175Internet Applications

• http//www.cs.ucf.edu/courses/cgs3175
• Keith Garfield
• garfield_at_cs.ucf.edu

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Logistics

• Lecture Tuesdays - Thursdays,
• 1200 1315
• Room BA 119
• Web Lecture Available at course web site.
• Open Lab Mondays
• 1000 1300
• Rooms CC2 225

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Grading Policy

• 500 points available throughout the semester
• Test 1 100 points (before drop date)
• Test 2 100 points
• Labs 70 points
• Project 80 points
• Final Exam 150 points
• A 500 - 450
• B 449 - 400
• C 399 - 350
• D 349 - 300
• Fail 300- 0

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Grading Policy (cont)

• Tests may only be missed via prior arrangement or
  with valid excuse. Makeup tests will not be
  duplicates of in class tests. If you know ahead
  of time you will be missing a test, taking the
  test early is an option.
• Standard Disclaimer Any appearance of
  plagiarism or blatant copying results in a grade
  of zero for all parties who appear to be
  involved.
• Typical rules of thesis writing apply
• If you use a picture from another web site,
  credit the source
• If you use quotes from another source, credit it
• Do not cut and paste pages from commercial web
  sites even if you credit them, its still
  plagiarism.

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Grading Policy (cont)

• Assignments
• The assignments have been designed to be
  self-pacing to a large degree.
• All assignments will be posted on the course web
  page shortly.
• All assignments are to be turned in as specified
  on the assignment page.
• Due dates for each assignment are posted.
• Due dates have been set to allow MUCH more time
  than the assignment allows.
• Late assignments will not be accepted. Period.
• Because no late assignments are allowed, turning
  in your assignments a week early is not only
  permissible, but strongly encouraged.
• Assignments are worth about 15 of your grade.

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Resources

• Text Web 101 Making the Net Work for You, 2nd
  Ed.
• by Wendy Lehnert
• Addl Text Any USEFUL book on HTML
• (Recommend the HTML book in the OReilly
  series)
• Class Web Page http//www.cs.ucf.edu/courses/cgs3
  175
• Examples and links to other useful pages.

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Course Topics

• Internet Basics What it is and what it isnt.
  Whats going on when you use your browser?
• Familiarization with basic applications Email,
  Searching, Browsing, File Transfers
• Net safety and net etiquette Online communities,
  flame wars, viruses and hoaxes.
• Web site design and construction Why are so
  many web sites so bad? What makes them good?
• Using the Net Accessing remote computers.
• What does it all mean? Who cares?

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Internet Origins

• 1966 ARPA Experiments 0 People Online
• 1969 1ST ARPA Nodes
• 1972 Email Invented
• 1980 TCP Experiments
• 1986 NSF-net Backbone
• 1990 ARPANET Retired 0.2M Online
• 1992 Mosaic Introduced 0.7M Online
• 1993 1.5M Online
• 1994 2.1M Online
• 1995 5.0M Online
• 1996 9.5M Online
• 1997 16.0M Online

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Internet Basics

• A computer network is what you get when you
  connect computers.
• An internet is what you get when you connect
  networks.

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Internet Basics

• The modern internet had two driving forces behind
  it
• The military Command and Control of forces
• Acadamia Sharing research data
• This history helped shape todays internet
• Military legacy No central organization as a
  single point of control is vulnerable to attack.
• Academic legacy The basic internet structures
  were designed to transport data and distribute
  resources as opposed to the commercial
  applications dominating the internet today.

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Internet Characteristics

• The internet is LARGE
• How many millions of web sites world wide?
• The internet is a DISORGANIZED
• Heterarchical structure as opposed to
  hierarchical structure
• The internet is DYNAMIC
• Large numbers of web sites come and go.
• Even stable web sites change content
  constantly.

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How the Internet Looks to You
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