CS3380-60Names:______

Activity NF01 Monday, Sept.14th , 2015

Aim: Review of terminology for the Internet, Web, Web2, & Mobile

Answer the below questions and hand-in. This is the first of approximately 20 activities/assignments constituting 20% of the course. Fill-in, print, and save a copy (as with all activities/assignments/projects). This is the only doc file; HTML / CSS rules supreme.

  1. Where is the syllabus / course home page (give the web page / URL)?
    (You can cut and paste from the Browser URL)
  2. Some projects may involve installing software. At home, do you have a PC for
    which you have install/administrator privilege? ______
  3. At home, I have a PC with ______operating system.
    Please be specific (i.e. Win 8, 7, Vista, XP-Professional., Win 2000, Win 98, Mac OS…)
    Please note that as a CS course taker, you can join the Microsoft Alliance to get upgrades for Windows (for free); just fill out this form located at: and hand-in to the doc.
  4. Insert into the table below two pictures of two devices you need to create a home Wi-Fi network.
  1. Insert into the table below pictures of these mobile devices:
    Droid, Blackberry, iPhone.

Droid / Blackberry / iPhone
  1. Define the Internet.
    When was the Internet created?
    What were its pre-Web apps?
    When was the Web created?
    What is the Web?
    What year did the Web become stable on the PC and commercial? (Hint: The Windows vintage that year ended the DOS-Windows staged boot)?
  2. Are all computers sedentary, sessile entities?
    Have computers and cell phones converged as technologies?
    Name some mobile devices that are not mobile computers?
    Are there embedded computers which access the Internet?
    If you carpool, can one laptop in the car create a mobile wireless access point?
  3. Read sequentially the following progression :


    and (pdf is a great intro to wireless tech).
  4. Are you in the Microsoft Alliance / DreamSpark? _____ If not, fill out the form.
  5. What are the 3 textbooks for the course? Give the authors’ names

Reminder: Your first homework is to get the textbooks and read Chapter 1+.

Hand this in and have a good day.

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