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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Reading Task

Linking the World: The Internet


1. How does the internet work?
   Cables and wires


2. List 5 interesting facts that you have learned about how the internet is used:
(For example: 168 Million emails are sent all over the world every minute.)
1 ~ 600+ videos uploaded onto one video sharing site
2 ~ 1500 blogs posted
3 ~ 70+ new websites created
4 ~ 370 000+ minutes of voice call mode
5 ~ 11 000 000 conversations take place on instant messenger
All in sixty seconds (one minute)


3. Is there a cost to the internet? What are they and how do they impact us?
   No because its all free


4. When was the internet created? What was it’s main purpose at the time?
It was created in 1969! They developed the Advanced Research Projects Agency     Network (Arpanet), four large computers that could exchange information.


5. List 5 new words you have learned from this article.
Machinery
Megawatts
Hydroelectric
Arpanet

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