This week I learned a lot. Coming into this class I was somewhat familiar with the origins of the internet, ARPA, DARPA, ARPANET, and the like. However, after going through the learning module one I gained a greater understanding of the origins of the internet. I probably learned the most while creating our Google docs presentations in our respective groups (I love Google docs, been using it since my first semester). While I knew what ARPA was, I did not know who Robert Taylor, Larry Roberts, and J.C.R. Licklider where, or what roll they played in creating the internet. It was interesting to see how Licklider collaborated with Taylor and Roberts with their development of the ARPAnet.
I also found this video that seems to sum everything we learned up very nicely. As well as provide some new information. It discusses the ARPAnet, RAND CORP.'s network, England's commercial network NPL (National Physical Laboratory), and CYCLADES in France.
TCP - Transmission Control Protocol
ARPA - Advanced Research Projects Agency
DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
