Learning Journal Post #1

So far in Chapter one, I originally thought this was knowledge I already knew about the web, but I was soon proven wrong. Technology is evolving faster than ever. Computers weren't used until the 1960's. The general public didn’t use it as we did now in present time. I learned about ARPANET and how it helped revolutionize thoughts on future computing. It demonstrated that telephone circuits were too slow and unreliable to help support data and sharing information. If it weren't for ARPANET, we wouldn't have DSL, Cable, Wi-Fi, or any of those ways to connect to the Internet. Also, in the Course Discussion about what devices will become most successful in 2011, I researched Glassless 3D Telepresence, and was surprised to find how far along technology is to actually produce such devices. They've already created gaming devices capable of 3-Dimensional abilities. Smartphones too had taken a great leap forward with the Droid having it's first phone to shoot in 3D. I’m curiously looking forward to the future of technology, and what it holds.

Five words I have learned:

World Wide Web- A subset of the Internet that supports a vast collection of documents that combine text and pictures, sound and even animation and video.

Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)- Is a web page can be altered by typing HTML or XHTML tags and other related information in a simple text editor program, such as notepad.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)- Is Music, Software, word processing, picture and other files can be downloaded or uploaded using FTP.

Backbone- Is the main long-distance lines and the hardware that connects computers to the internet.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)- A protocol that defines how HTML documents are transmitted to a browser.

I do feel I put the needed time and effort in my assignments, if not majority of them. This is my first time in an online class, and it needed some getting used to. Maybe my time management could be fixed next module. I am looking forward to what else I may learn in the near future.