1. Behind the scenes: How the Internet Works
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2. Who owns the internet? Local networks are owned by different entities
Ex. Individuals, government agencies, businesses, universities
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3. Who Manages the Internet? (5 major groups)
Internet Society (internetsociety.org)
Provide leadership for orderly growth and development of the internet
Internet Engineering Task Force (ietf.org)
Subgroup of Internet Society
Researches new Internet technologies to improve capabilities and keep it running smoothly
Internet Architecture Board (iab.org)
Technical advisory group to the Internet Society
IETF committee
Provide direction for the maintenance and development of Internet protocols
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4. Who Manages the internet? cont.
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (icann.org)
Responsible for managing the Internet’s domain name system and the allocation of IP addresses
World Wide Web Consortium (w3.org)
Group of organizations that set standards and develop protocols for the Web
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5. How do computers connect to the internet?
Internet similar to US highway system
Smaller paths lead to bigger, faster ones
Main pathways of Internet are called the Internet Backbone
Internet backbone is a collection of large national and international networks
AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint provide backbone connectivity
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7. How does this work?
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8. IP address vs. domain name
An IP address is a set of numbers specific to your computer
A domain name is something easier to remember, such as google.com
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9. Why have an IP address?
IP addresses serve the same purpose as home addresses. Any device that can send and receive information to/from the internet needs an address so accurate communication can take place.
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10. How do you find your ip address?
Google it.
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11. Thank you!
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