Outlining the basic elements of HTML web pages.

This course offers foundational instruction in HTML. Topics include tag structure, file encoding, web browsers, DOCTYPEs, common HTML elements, hyperlinks, images, video, tables, forms, and sections. Additionally, we will touch base on CSS in order for students to transition to other Webcraft courses.

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History of WWW & Internet

Review the following documents:

Opera: History of the Internet and WWW

Wikipedia: History of the Internet

Wikipedia: History of the World Wide Web

Reflection

How was the Internet funded?
For whom was the Internet first developed?
What are some ways in which the Internet and WorldWideWeb extended?
What are Web Standards? Are they important?

Task Discussion

JoshM said:

How was the Internet funded?

The US Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPA program

For whom was the Internet first developed?

For the USA's army

What are some ways in wich the Internet and WorldWideWeb extended?

Instant messaging, email, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), two-way interactive video calls, and the World Wide Web with its discussion forums, blogs, social netwroking and online shoping.

What are Web Standards? Are they important?

Web Standards are a set of recommendations that allow developers to create one set of code for all browsers and parts of the web. They are important to make web development easy to both create and to read (by browsers and programs).

on May 15, 2012, 8:45 p.m.
berenhena said:

How was the Internet funded?

US Department of Defence ARPA (the Advanced Research Projects Agency)

For whom was the Internet first developed?

By US military

What are some ways in wich the Internet and WorldWideWeb extended?

Instant messaging, email, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), two-way interactive video calls, and the World Wide Web with its discussion forums, blogs, social netwroking and online shoping.

What are Web Standards? Are they important?

Are those protocols such as DNS, HTTP, IP, TCP/IP, ISP, SMTP. They are important, otherwise the communication cannot be set.

on April 22, 2012, 8:35 p.m.
Vita said:
How was the Internet funded?

It was funded by ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency) after the Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik I

For whom was the Internet first developed?

It was developed for US military

What are some ways in which the Internet and WorldWideWeb extended?

Communication mainly - VoIP (Voice over IP), other terms frequently encountered and often used synonymously with VoIP are IP telephony, Internet telephony, voice over broadband (VoBB), broadband telephony, and broadband phone.

Also multimedia - IMS (IP Multimedia Core Network Subsistem) etc.

What are Web Standards? Are they important?

Web Standards are like "rules" made by W3C for the browsers. These rules are quite basic, but they make sure that the user is more free to choose which OS to use, not losing the best experience possible.

It is very mportant to have these standards not only for the user best experience but also for developers, making code more simple, more available and easier to develop and design the Web
on Nov. 25, 2011, 8:48 a.m.
Alvaro Gili said:

Excelent response!!!. Nothing for add ;)

on Jan. 2, 2012, 3:09 p.m. in reply to Vita

Vita said:

Thank You..!!

on Jan. 3, 2012, 3:30 a.m. in reply to Alvaro Gili

Pau Company said:

No tengo nada mas que añadir. Excelente explicación. Muchas gracias Vita

I have nothing more to add. Excellent explanation. Vita thank you very much

on April 19, 2012, 4:05 p.m. in reply to Vita

Vita said:

Thank you Pau Company...

on April 27, 2012, 11:32 a.m. in reply to Pau Company
grab_n_go said:

How was the Internet funded?

US taxpayers dollars under the guise of military development.

For whom was the Internet first developed?

the military

What are some ways in which the Internet and WorldWideWeb extended?

The internet and world wide web spread through universities use of the system. later as it became commercialized it spread even more.

What are Web Standards? Are they important?

Web standards are protocols that allow the open usability of the internets by any using a compliant browser. They are important in trying to allow as many people access to content without limiting thier choice of browser.

on Oct. 4, 2011, 8:19 a.m.
Teacherhax said:
The internet was originally funded as a national defense initiative through DARPA.

The military was originally intended for the military to maintain communications capabilities in time of attack.

The Internet has gone from mostly a text-based means of communication to be a vector for multimedia files, interactive content, and porn.

Web standards are best practices to help coders and browser makers agree upon a shared language for the web. They are very important because they allow web consumers to have a consistently high quality viewing experience, while helping designers and coders reach the greatest number of viewers through compatible code.
on Oct. 1, 2011, 3:14 p.m.
Ross said:

How was the Internet funded?
It was funded originally by ARPA (later known as DARPA) which is part of the US Department of Defense.

For whom was the Internet first developed?
Originally the the Internet was used by the U.S. military, universities, and research institutions.

What are some ways in which the Internet and WorldWideWeb extended?
Streaming video and music, VoIP, etc.

What are Web Standards? Are they important?
Web Standards are the attempt to standardize development of websites so that they will be compatitible with all browsers and therefore veiwable by more users. That's the ideal at least. For those reasons Web Standards are very important to developers and end-users (whether they realize it or not).

on Sept. 27, 2011, 10:51 p.m.
Anonym said:
How was the Internet funded? ANS:/ the internet was funded whent the USA department designed the ARPANET a network to intercomunicate military bases. before int 80's this was standarized by vinton cerf who created the TCP/IP

For whom was the Internet first developed? ANS:/ the internet was first developed by the USA defense department and before was standarised .

What are some ways in which the Internet and WorldWideWeb extended? ANS:/ the internet since the WEB 2.0 extended to many areas of communication like VoIP, blogs, mail, vigilance, GPS, file transfer, services that make this the main service used by humanity

What are Web Standards? Are they important? ANS:/ the web standards are a set of protocols and norms used to make the use of internet widely spread by the use of the same protocols by everyone. the webs standards are important because make the communication over the internet the same for everyone leting to all people around the world communicate themselves without restrictions
on Sept. 22, 2011, 1:38 p.m.
Logan said:
How was the Internet funded?
The internet was funded by DARPA, a wing of the US Dept. of Defense, and later by NSF.

For whom was the Internet first developed?
The first users of the internet were the US government and research institutions, such as CERN and the University of Illinois.

What are some ways in which the Internet and WorldWideWeb extended?
One way I came across in my Wikipedia wanderings was Doctor Fun, an early webcomic. Years later, we have video, VoIP, all sorts of extensions to the internet's text-only origins.

What are Web Standards? Are they important?
The idea of an internet requires a common language for computers to communicate in. E.g. before the TCP/IP standard, we had plenty of networks in the world, but they were limited in scope compared to the network of networks that is the internet.
on Sept. 21, 2011, 10:16 a.m.
skullkandy09 said:

How was the Internet funded?

->It was funded by ARPA, a division of the U.S. military

For whom was the Internet first developed?

-> For ARPA as ARPANET to connect computers for information storage and redundancy in case of an attack on one main server. After that it spread to universities and eventually homes.

What are some ways in which the Internet and WorldWideWeb extended?

-> Music, videos, streaming, popups, Flash, VoIP, social networks

What are Web Standards? Are they important?

-> Web standards are things like HTML, CSS, etc. They are important to make sure that most people will be able to view you content, regardless of browser or OS.

on Aug. 19, 2011, 12:47 p.m.
Dar said:

    How was the Internet funded?
ARPA funded the development of the software.

    For whom was the Internet first developed?
The US Department of Defence / Military

    What are some ways in which the Internet and WorldWideWeb extended?
Multimedia, VoIP

    What are Web Standards? Are they important?
Webstandards are definitely important. Having a standardized way of developing content helps both developers and end users.
Developers can work better together, progress faster, and make sure end users across different browsers can interperet content with ease.

on Aug. 17, 2011, 5:18 p.m.
klaus said:
It was in the first place a military reaction of the US to the Sputnik shock. They funded an organisation to built up an "undestroyable" network for communication.

military, but soon followed by research/university needs

VoIP, Multimedia

Webstandards are features that are implemented in a standardized, recommondated way in a browser. They are important for developers to built on a defined set of rules and for customers/users to see content in the intended way across different browsers.
on Aug. 17, 2011, 4:27 a.m.
Patrick Boyer said:

How was the Internet funded?

science/military

For whom was the Internet first developed?

military/science/university

What are some ways in which the Internet and WorldWideWeb extended?

VoIP, Video Teleconferencing

What are Web Standards? Are they important?

protocols keep everyone on the same page which allows for interoperability

-Patrick

on Aug. 15, 2011, 1:32 p.m.

joe palmer said:

They are posting.

on Aug. 15, 2011, 1:36 p.m. in reply to Patrick Boyer