History of the Internet

• 1955: Pres. Eisenhower announce US would launch a small satellite for communication

• 1957: Kremlin launched Sputnik…made US feel vulnerable

• US created Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)

• 1962: idea of packet messages

• 1965: Berkley and MIT linked computers over a dialup connection…1st Wide Area Network (WAN)

• 1966-67: ARPANET, MIT, RAND, and Natl. Physics Lab UK came together into an idea that would connect several agencies

• 1969: the first “login” happened…ARPANET was real and connected 4 computers

• 1971: 23 computers were connected• 1972: went public with 40 computers

connected and email• 1974: TCPIP (Transmission control

protocol/internet protocol) became the common language…several networks joined under this protocol.

• 1974: 1st commercial version “Telenet” at Stanford

• 1982: ARPANET adopted TCPIP and the Internet was born

• ARPANET outgrew itself and died in 1990. • Commercial networks had emerged and a

backbone funded by gov. was inplace (NSFNet)

• 1990: 1st Search Engine (ARCHIE) from McGill University in Montreal

• 1991: Private access permitted on NSFNet

• 1991: The World Wide Web (WWW) was released to the public (network of sites that can be searched and retrieved using HTTP..hypertext transfer protocol)

• 1992-96: Al Gore’s High Performance Computing Act provided funds for research and improving the Internet structure

• Browsers were developed to facilitate navigation.

• 1992: Only 50 websites existed.• 1993: Only 150 websites existed.• 1993: Mosaic X launched popularity of the Web• HTML (hypertext markup language)

• 1994: 3000 websites.

• 1995: 25000 websites

• 2001: 30 million websites

Within a Server

/home

/home/cjones

/home/mmatous

File Structure can be related to Web Address (URL):biosystems.okstate.edu/home/cjones is “Mapped” to T:\WebPages\Biosystems\home\cjones

Mapped = automatically directed to a file locationURL = Uniform Resource Locator

Mapped from T:WebPages\Biosystems\home\mstone

byBioen_FS01 Web Server

/home/”YOU”

Your user ID (login)

ServerBioen_FS01

akabiosystems.okstate.edu

W orkstationServer

BIOEN.OKSTATE.EDU

Network

BrowserSoftware

ServerSoftware

1. Client Software (Browser) Contacts Server Software.2. Server Software Sends HTML File3. Client Software (Browser) Interprets and Displays HTML

• What does this mean to us?– It’s a method of communication that we must

master– Method of sales– Method of team communication

• Options for web pages:– HTML:– HTML editors:

• Dreamweaver• MS Front Page• HotMetal Pro• HotDog• Word• PowerPoint• Adobe GoLive*******

• Management tool

• Basic editor: writes HTML for you

• WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get)

Layouts

• Examples of Layouts– Case IH– Ford– John Deere– Little Giant– Newsok.com

• Your assignment– See Assignment #8 from Dr. Fox

Preparation for lab

• Sketch out your page ideas