CSC 101 Introduction to Computers

Fall 2004

Lecture Week Five

Multimedia Software and the Internet

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Syllabus

Assignments - Tuesday Class

Assignments - Mon-Wed Class

Graphics and Multimedia

Multimedia - integration of computer-based text, still images, video, animation, and sound.

  • Bit Mapped Graphics
    • Pixels - Picture Element
    • 8-bits - 256 colors
    • 24-bits - Millions of color - true color

  • Vector Graphics
    • Objects
    • CAD - Computer Aided Drafting

  • Photo Illustration Software

  • Drag & Drop Software

  • Animation Software
  • Video editing Software

The Internet

Interconnected Network

  • ARPANET and Internet Basis
    • Uninterrupted Communications
    • No centralized location or governing body

  • Communication Channels
    • Bandwidth
    • Narrowband
      • Dial-up Service / ISP
      • POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service
      • Modem - Modulation/Demodulation
    • Broadband
      • Cable
      • DSL - Digital Line Subscriber
      • Satellite
      • Wireless / Wi-Fi

  • Ways of Connecting
    • ISP
    • Information Service Gateway
    • Direct via Network Connection
      • T1
      • T3
      • DS4
    • Internet Appliance

  • How Information is Exchanged
    • Protocol
    • Packet
    • TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
    • IP - Internet Protocol
    • POP - Point of Presence
    • Dynamic IP address

  • Domain Names
    • Domain Name System
    • TLD - Top Level Domain

  • Uniform Resource Locator - URL
    • Protocol://DomainName.TLD/Folder/File
    • HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol
    • FTP - File Transfer Protocol
    • NEWS - Usenet

  • HyperText Mark-up Language - HTML
    • Links
    • Tags

Computers; Information Technology in Perspective - Chapter 2, Sections 4-5 and Chapter 3, Section 1 - pgs. 92-123


Links for Further Study

History of ARPANET - http://www.dei.isep.ipp.pt/docs/arpa.html

Historical Maps of Computer Networks - http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/historical.html

.com, History of the Internet, short report, ARPANET - http://www.orangepeel.com/newOP/en/internet/shortHistory.php?arpanet

.com, History of the Internet, short report, TCP/IP - http://www.orangepeel.com/newOP/en/internet/shortHistory.php?tcp

Introduction to TCP/IP - http://www.yale.edu/pclt/COMM/TCPIP.HTM

Uri's TCP/IP Resources List - http://www.private.org.il/tcpip_rl.html

Internet Society - http://www.isoc.org/

History of the Internet and the WWW - http://www.netvalley.com/intval1.html

A Brief History of the Internet - http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html

Graphic File Formats - http://www.why-not.com/articles/formats.htm

About Graphics File Formats and Types of Computer Graphics - http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/graphicformats/

Learn the Net: File Formats & Downloads - http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/34filext.htm

Last Updated: 10/4/04