Power Point In-Class Assignment Learning fun things about the internet

Power Point In-Class Assignment

Learning fun things about the internet.

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  Visit the site http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html#etc.
  
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  Answer the following questions:
  

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   What do the ‘/’ characters un a URL do? (Hint: If Microsoft designed this, it would have been the ‘\’ character)
   
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   Why was the ‘#’ character used to separate a web document from the ‘view’ specification for the document?
   
3. 
   Why do they use the ‘@’ character in e-mail addresses?
   
4. 
   What are some differences between the World Wide Web and the Internet?
   

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  Visit the site http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html.
  
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  Answer the following questions:
  

5. 
   Did Al Gore Invent the Internet?
   
6. 
   What does the way the Internet is constructed have to do with nuclear war?