CSE434 Computer Networks The history and future of the Internet

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CSE434 Computer NetworksThe history and future
of the Internet
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Outline

• Videos
• The history of the Internet
• Discovering the Internet
• The future of the Internet
• Discussion
• Computer and networking technology trends
• Key concepts that govern the design and evolution
  of networking (i.e. the Internet)

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Video 1 The history of the Internet

• Questions
• What key breakthroughs marked the evolution of
  the Internet?
• Video
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v9hIQjrMHTv4

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Video 2 Discovering the Internet

• Questions
• What is the sequence of key breakthroughs that
  marked the evolution of the Internet?
• Video
• http//video.google.com/videoplay?docid4859057598
  999134684

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Video 3 Discovering the Internet

• Questions
• What evolution direction is expected for the
  Internet?
• What features is the Internet projected to
  acquire?
• Video
• http//videolectures.net/foi08_nathan_foi/

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Evolution of Computing and ComputersGUI and the
Internet

• 1980s Home Computers
• Computers for the common people
• Leave text mode behind
• Introduce the Graphical User Interface
• 1990s The WWW era
• Internet became a commodity
• The World Wide Web
• Client-Server Computing

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Evolution of Computing and ComputersCurrent
Trends networked and embedded

• Computers become smaller and smaller
• Network availability becomes more and more
  abundant

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Evolution of Computing and ComputersFuture
the super-Internet
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Key Concepts

• Packet switching
• Decentralized architecture
• Hourglass design
• Convergence