COM 125 First Week!!!

Attention! Attention! To all of you who do not know what COM 125 is, COM 125 is one of communication required module for communication major in University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. It is 100-level communication module named "Introduction to the Internet". So, why do communication students are required to understand the internet?? Well, I started to write this blog at the beginning of the semester which means that I just started this module. So let see how is it going to be!

Our instructor, Mr Abel Choy, will be my COM 125 lecturer for this entire semester. From the first day I met this lecturer I can see from his appearance that this professor is really an IT-looking guy. I am sure he will deliver this lecture well.

Okay, what we cover during our first week is about the history of the internet.


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Internet was first began to develop by the existance of the electronic computer in 1950. People than were introduced to a concept that leads to internet which is the ARPANet. The ARPANet soon led the development of protocol of internetworking and in 1982 the internet protocol (TCP/IP) was standardized. Continuous development occurs and in the late 1800s and early 1900s the Internet Service Provider (ISP) was emerged. Since the mid 1990s internet has became common and it gave a revolutionary impact on our daily activities. By the invention of near instant communication platform including emails, chats and video calls, the use of internet becomes even more and more.

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Now, people cannot live without internet as all communication devices require internet connection to work well. As social networking become more popular, internet becomes the most useful platform to communicate and to look for information.

Okay! that was a little information about the history of the internet. You can get more complete and detail information from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet

Images sources:
Picture 1: http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/images/timeline.gif
Picture 2: http://www.krepcio.com/images/1agg-TIMELINE-7-SocNet.jpg