This week, we finished up the discussion of the history of the internet and its creation. I found the readings and conversations about the evolution of the original ARPAnet to be quite interesting; however, I am more intrigued about the current uses of the internet and how it can be used to progress society. With that being said, I am greatly looking forward to the coming discussions.<\/p>\n
Someone brought up the decline of Uber in the conversation this week; I had heard of this recently, but I was excited to learn the reasons why the seemingly successful company is failing. If you did not watch the news or was around anyone that does, I don’t think that you would realize that Uber is losing money at a rapid rate.<\/p>\n
I was also interested to learn about top-level domains. TLDs are the end of any given URL. For example, in www.harvard.edu, .edu would be the top-level domain. I had always wondered why the .(insert TLD here) protocol was a thing. I also have had experiences where I was asked to go to a particular website, and I inputted the incorrect TLD, leading me to a completely unrelated website. The example given in class, about www.whitehouse.gov, has a completely weird agenda. I can imagine the reactions of those who inputted the incorrect TLD, when trying to look up some information about the White House.<\/p>\n
In the first few weeks of class, I have learned a great deal about computers and how primitive networks were established. I have been reflecting on these things, and wonder what the future of computer science holds. I am beyond excited to start delving into the everyday uses of the internet that most of us probably take for granted… to be continued!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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