DistOS 2019F 2019-09-9: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
==Readings== | |||
The Early Internet: | |||
* [https://homeostasis.scs.carleton.ca/~soma/distos/2014w/kahn1972-resource.pdf Robert E. Kahn, "Resource-Sharing Computer Communications Networks" (1972)] [http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PROC.1972.8911 (DOI)] | |||
* [https://archive.org/details/ComputerNetworks_TheHeraldsOfResourceSharing Computer Networks: The Heralds of Resource Sharing (1972)] - video | |||
==Discussion Questions== | ==Discussion Questions== | ||
* What were the capabilities of computers and communications networks in the early 1970's? | * What were the capabilities of computers and communications networks in the early 1970's? | ||
* How did the phone network compare to the nascent Internet? | |||
* What were the motivations for building the early Internet? | |||
* What scale were they envisioning for the network? | |||
* What sort of hardware was required to connect to the network? | |||
* How did their vision match up with what the Internet is used for today? | |||
* What surprised you? What was hard to understand? | |||
Latest revision as of 13:51, 9 September 2019
Readings
The Early Internet:
- Robert E. Kahn, "Resource-Sharing Computer Communications Networks" (1972) (DOI)
- Computer Networks: The Heralds of Resource Sharing (1972) - video
Discussion Questions
- What were the capabilities of computers and communications networks in the early 1970's?
- How did the phone network compare to the nascent Internet?
- What were the motivations for building the early Internet?
- What scale were they envisioning for the network?
- What sort of hardware was required to connect to the network?
- How did their vision match up with what the Internet is used for today?
- What surprised you? What was hard to understand?