Preliminary List: Terms and Topics
HIGH PRIORITY TOPICS
NETWORKS:
- protocol (TCP/IP)
- distributed system
- IP address
- domain
- suffix
- backbone
- gateway
- router
- server, client-server
- packet
- network topology, nodes (LANs)
- switching
- hub
- bridge
- repeater
- ethernet
- modem
WEB:
- (domain, suffix)
- browser
- search engine
- name server (DNS)
- URL
- http
- HTML
- hyperlink
NEWSGROUPS:
- post, cross-post
- emoticon
- FAQ
- flame
- thread, followup, Reference header
- netnews
- newbie
- spam
- newsreader
- newsserver
- NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol (?))
- rec, arts, alt, etc.
- spool directory
- moderated
EMAIL, ISPs:
Since these don't seem to have any special terms of their own, these
modules will show how each works in the context of what was discussed in
the NETWORKS module.
II: LOW PRIORITY TOPICS
ADVANCED TOPICS:
- FTP/anonymous FTP
- Telnet
- Gophers
ISSUES OF THE INTERNET:
- history of the Net (ARPANet)
- security issues
- censorship
- lack of regulation (don't always trust what you read on the Net)
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