CGS 1570

CGS 1570

Assignment 1

Online Experience

Objective: You will show your competence in finding information on the Internet (World Wide Web) and communicating that information to others via email (Pirate Mail). Use a Web browser program, online reference sites, and Internet search engines to find answers to the following 20 questions, and then compose your answer using Word, WordPad, or Notepad. Send an email attachment containing those answers to your instructor.

Required Materials/Components:

A computer with a connection to the Internet.
Access on that computer to either Internet Explorer or Firefox.
Your username and password for Pirate Mail.

Required Format for Submission:

You must use Pirate Mail to send your answers as an attachment to your instructor at llemley@PensacolaState.edu
You must include your class section number and your name in the subject line (ex. Section 0257, John Smith).
You must type your class section number, meeting time, and your name on the first line of your answers (ex. Section 0257, 7:30-8:45 MW, John Smith).
You must write your answer in a complete sentence.
All answers must conform to the following format:

Question #.

Answer: The answer to the question.

URL(s): Addresses where you found the answers

Engine/Site(s): The search engines (if any) you used.

Keyword(s): Any keywords you used in the search.

EXAMPLE

10.

Answer: TYPING AN ENTIRE SENTENCE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS is considered SHOUTING. It is bad netiquette to TYPE IN ALL CAPS, especially in e-mail.

URL(s): http://www.netlingo.com/lookup.cfm?term=SHOUTING

Engine/Site(s): Google

Keyword(s): shouting Internet

1. What is President Obama’s birth date? Where was he born?

2. What horse won the most recent Kentucky Derby? Who was the owner? Who was the jockey?

3. What is the current population of the world? Also list the results by continent.

4. What company recently bought Skype? What was the price?

5. Define DSL. What alternative Internet connections are available?

6. What is the world’s oldest university that is still in operation? When was it founded?

7. What is the largest and smallest U.S. state by population and by area?

8. Find three anti-spyware programs that could be used on a PC.

9. Find a website that can perform a “speed test” on your Internet connection. Run the test and list the reported upload speed and download speed.

10. Using an ASCII table online, what is the decimal code for the character “A”?

11. Why is Charles Babbage known as the “father of computers”?

12. What is the IP address of the computer you are using and how did you find that out?

13. What is “dogpile” and how does it differ from a search engine like Google or ask?

14. What is Virtual Network Computing and where was it invented?

15. What is currently the world’s fastest computer?

16. Who is credited with founding Pensacola? When did it happen?

17. Define the term “Computer Bus”. What are two basic types of internal buses?

18. What is a programming language? List three languages in current use.

19. What is Wikipedia? Who can contribute to its content?

20. What was ARPANET? How is it related to the Internet?