a. No; those predictions were not even close.
b. Yes; the scope of the net was not really imagined in
this literature, nor was it's use in modern society.
c. No;
d. No;
a. No; although they were behind the
Hollerith Tabulating Machine.
b. No; They were still working on mainframes as the unit of computing.
c. No; don't they wish...
d. Yes; It was seen as a means for communication and collaboration
on research projects.
a. Yes; Internet Protocol specifies how to send the message as packets,
Transmission Control
Protocol reassembles the packets.
b. No; TCP does not dictate routing, just packet reassembly.
c. No; It's the other way around.
d. No; TCP is not a kind of computer, it's a protocol.
a. No; well, sort of, but it still required some specialized
programs and skills to set them up.
b. No; not so, and even then there were startup and connection
charges to the nearest hub.
c. Yes; all machines only had to connect to the local server, and were
then sent around the world, if necessary, via the network.
d. No; this was the reason it was created, but this wouldn't
influence most users.
a. No; that's the sender.
b. No; that's the client machine which talks to the mail server.
c. No; this is the machine which talks to the mail server.
d. Yes; usually a hub or a central part of a network, the mail server
routes the mail messages that come in from the Internet, or
that are going out from the members of its network to the Internet.
a. No; they can within limitations, but that's not the big win.
b. No; they don't name people, just domains.
c. No; IP addresses are unique, too.
d. Yes; the domain name server will lookup the IP address given the
domain name, so the email sender only needs to know the
text domain name, like hamilton.edu, not a string of
obscure numbers.
a. No; it's asychronous, like voice mail, telegrams, etc.
b. No; so do handwritten letters.
c. Yes; unless the sender has routed their mail through an anonymous
posting account.
d. No; so can voice mail.
a. No; that's true for both.
b. No; that's true for both.
c. No; that's true for both.
d. Yes; the naming scheme for email is in reverse order.
a. No; unfortunatly, there isn't really a way to detect flaming -
unnecessary, abusive, or complaining streams of email - until
you've opened your mail.
b. No; you can't tell that a novice user is sending mail or news
until you've read the message.
c. No; if someone is lurking, you can't tell they are there, so
there's nothing to cancel.
d. Yes; cancelbots are programmed to look for messages that exceed
a threshold number of recipient newsgroups and issue a
cancel request.
a. No; well, sort of, but it is more than that.
b. No; the WWW is more than just computers.
c. Yes; the WWW is based upon the hypertext transfer protocol, which
can run alongside and with IP, and TCP on Internet servers.
d. No; not really, since the WWW is more than just computers.