Miscellaneous
Kristen and her software engineer spouse Steve Gago have been “safer at home” for weeks, so they decided to record an episode together while trying to stay sane. Steve is back on the show to talk about how the Internet works! Internet Concepts History Who made the Internet? - NOT Al Gore ARPANET (D)ARPA Circuit switching vs. packet switching World Wide Web, WWW Hypertext protocol Tim Berners-Lee, CERN Related technologies Browsers Client Server Packet Internet protocol (IP) address Media access control (MAC) address Router, switch Internet backbone Internet service provider (ISP) Fiber optics Hypertext transfer protocol (http), ...secure (https) e.g. .com, .show, .ninja Top level domain Path Universal resource locator (URL), domain name Host Why your Internet is slow! ICANN Why the “I” in “Internet” is capitalized How it works Resource Textbook: Computer Networks and Internets, Douglas Comer, 6th Edition https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Networks-Internets-Douglas-Comer/dp/0133587932 Related Episodes How Do Computers Work? With Steven Gago https://www.earlybirdscience.com/episodes/9 Connect - Leave comments, suggest topics, and ask science questions! Website: earlybirdscience.com Twitter: @EarlyBirdSci Instagram: @EarlyBirdScience Facebook: @EarlyBirdScience Check out Kristen’s other show, Headshake, a stream-of-consciousness science podcast (EXPLICIT CONTENT): headshake.show