Friday, August 28, 2015

Week 1 Readings

"How the Internet Works", Rus Shuler
DNS- Domain Name Service:  Keep's track of the computers names and IP address it's connected to.

"How the Web Works", CERN
Good diagram representation of how the web works with the house, factory and roads.

"The Definition of Hypertext and Its History as a Concept", George P. Landow - 

Hypertext and Hypermedia are used interchangeably, and acts as a link between information.  Hypertext, links you to images, words other web pages.

"Hyper textual Consciousness", Mark Amerika 
Basically this site demonstrates the use of Hypertext, by linking certain words or phrases to another page or pages containing definitions, similar concepts, etc.

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