PART 1 - INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNET
1. J.C.R. Licklider of MIT first proposed the idea of a global network of computers.
2. Lawrence Roberts of MIT was the first person to connect computers over the
phone lines in different states.
3. The Internet was first called the ARPANET and which the following 4 universities
were connected to. The 4 universities consisted of UCLA, Stanford Research
Institute, UCSB, and the University of Utah.
4. Email was first developed in July 1992.
5. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). The protocols that are
the basis for transmitting and routing data packets on the Internet.
6. File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The Internet protocol that permits you to transfer
files between your system and another system.
7. The first non-library Internet index was called Archie and it was created in 1989
by Peter Deutsch and his crew at McGill University in Montreal.
8. News groups are are discussion groups focusing on a topic, followed, providing a
means of exchanging information throughout the world.
9. The first user-friendly interface to the Internet was called The Gopher and it was
created at the University of Minnesota.
10. In 1991 Tim Berners-Lee and CERN created a new protocol for information
distribution which became the World Wide Web. It was based on hypertext--a
system of embedding links in text to link to other text.
11. Netscape Corp produced the most successful graphical type of browser and
server.
12. The company that first offered commercial online service for the general
population was Delphi in July 1992.
PART 2 - INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP)
ISP
Type
Canada
Online
DSL
Distributel
DSL
ADVNET
DSL
Speed
5500/1000
5 Mbps /
800 Kbps
5mb
Cost
Email
Accounts
Web
Space
provided
$34.99
999
Yes
$36.95
5
Yes
$29.99
2
Yes
Other
Service/Products
Dial Up, Dry
DSL, Point to
Point, Wireless
Cable, Dial Up,
Dry DSL
10mb
PART 3 - HOW SEARCH ENGINES WORK
Search Engines on the Web are websites designed to help find information from
other websites. They extract certain key words or phrases from your search and give
you a list of the best possible results. You are then given a choice of what website to
choose from and most even give you quotes involving the words from your search.
Name of Search
Engine
Special Feature
Blackle
U could haz a
theme 
Saves Energy
Searther
Saves Energy
bing
Links to MSN,
Hotmail
Canoe
News
Ask
Pro of Search
Engine
Con of Search
Engine
Example of
Advanced
Search Option
Simple
Search before
acces to “Images”
Country
No “Images”
None
Ads
Articles
None
Only from
Canada
Ads
Shopping
Very Simple
Links to websites
(ex. Youtube.
Facebook…)
Allows you to be
more specific
without use of
Literal String
Link to Google