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Internet/ World Wide Web/ Bluetooth

  Write a 7-8 paragraph blog post answering these questions, pictures/screenshots are welcomed, cite your sources. • what is Internet, who founded/created it, when and why,  how was it used originally and how it is used today It is hard to pinpoint one person as the creator of the internet, as it was the work of many scientists, programmers, and engineers. They explored and developed new technologies that led to the internet and beyond. However, computer scientists Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn are credited for inventing the technology for what we today know as the internet. They were responsible for developing the technology called Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol, which created guidelines for data to be transferred from one computer to another.  what is World Wide Web , who founded/created it, when and why,  how was it used originally and how it is used today The World Wide Web was created by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. When working as a software eng...

History of Web Design

  The articles describe various milestones when the Internet experienced breakthroughs in design and development. During which of these milestones did you first start using the Internet? And what are your first memories of using the Internet?   My first memories of the internet are mainly of YouTube. I remember my friends telling me about how they listened to their music on a website called "Youtube", they even made fun of me for not knowing what it was. I spent a lot of time watching music videos and makeup tutorials from "beauty gurus" since elementary school, 2008 I believe. In elementary school, we had computer class as one of our "specials", there I remember using educational websites such as fcatexplorer.com and  coolmathforkids.com where we played games .  I remember when school transitioned to technology based learning in 7th grade. Then, all of our homework and assignments were online, and we turned homework in on a website called Edmodo.  During ...

Blog Post #1: Intro

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  Hello, I am Cara Percoco, I am a senior double major in Theatre and Communications here at The University of Tampa. I was born in Newark, Ohio and I grew up in Orlando, Florida. I am passionate about the performing arts and have been performing since I was 10 years old. I am currently working as a scare actor for ZooTampa's Creatures of the Night as the Swamp Witch, an improv actor for The Dinner Detective Murder Mystery Dinner Theater, and an acting coach for John Casablanca's. I also work as a hostess at Straz Center for The Performing Arts.   I am a bit stressed about this class, because of the change in professor and curriculum. It's been a stressful past 2 weeks, but I will be fine once we get going with the new course schedule. I am a little nervous because coding scares me, although I did learn it in FMX 210. I am not the most knowledgeable about design and coding, so I'm hoping this class will get me more comfortable with it. By the end of this class, I want t...