Computer Science - Activity 1


I. What does IP stand for? And what do you understand about IP?
  1. Please open one of your internet browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla FireFox, Netscape, Safari, etc.)
  2. Once it is open, click on the browser address bar, and type: http://www.google.com
  3. In the google search field type "IP"
  4. Find at the top of the list: Internet Protocol-Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  5. Read the first part refering to "IP"
  6. Open your application Microsoft Office Word , save the document under "activity 1"
  7. Type the concept of "IP" in your own words.
II. Hands-on demonstration for IP.
  1. Click the Start menu button on the Windows taskbar.
  2. Click Run... in this menu.
  3. Type cmd in the text box that appears. A command prompt window launches on the desktop.
  4. In this command window, type ipconfig /all. Details are shown for each of the computer's network adapters. Computers installed with VPN software or emulation software will possess one or more virtual adapters.
  5. The IP Address field states the current IP address for that network adapter.
  6. The Physical Address field states the MAC address for that adapter.
  7. Explain your procedures in the same Microsoft document.


III. What does PING stand for? And what do you understand about PING?
  1. In one of your internet browsers, search again for: http://www.google.com
  2. In the search field type "PING"
  3. Find at the top of the list: ping-Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  4. Read the first part refering to "PING"
  5. Then, read the history part so you can find the backronym or initialism of PING<>.
  6. <>In the same word document (Microsoft Office Word) , type the concept of "PING" with your own words.
IV. Hand-on demonstration for PING.
  1. Click the Start menu button on the Windows taskbar.
  2. Click Run... on this menu.
  3. Type cmd in the text box that appears. A command prompt window launches on the desktop.
  4. In this command window, type the word "ping", [space] and then, type one of your favorites websites (example): ping www.google.com
    5. You will see the following output: Pinging www.l.google.com [64.233.183.147] with 32 bytes of data:
    Replay from......

    A ping test determines whether your computer can communicate with another computer over the network. Then, if network communication is established, ping tests also determine the connection latency (technical term for delay) between the two computers.
    5. Please explain your procedures in the same word document.

 V. What do you understand about the Internet?
  1. In one of your internet browsers, search again for: http://www.google.com
  2. In the search field type "internet"
  3. Find at the top of the page: Internet-Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  4. Read the first part refering to "Internet"
  5. Open your application Microsoft Office Word
  6. Type the concept of "Internet" in your own words.
VI. What do you understand about Network?
  1. In one of your internet browsers, search again for: http://www.google.com
  2. In the search field type "network"
  3. Find at the top of the page: Computer network-Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  4. Read the first part refering to "Computer network"
  5. In the same word document (Microsoft Office Word) , type the concept of "Network" in your own words.
VII. What do you understand about TCP/IP?
  1. In one of your internet browsers, search again for: http://www.google.com
  2. In the search field type "TCP/IP"
  3. Find at the top of the page: Internet protocol suite-Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  4. Read the first part refering to "Internet protocol suite"
  5. Find the acronym of TCP/IP
  6. In the same word document (Microsoft Office Word) , type the concept of "TCP/IP" in your own words.
VIII. What do you understand about Search Engine?
  1. In one of your internet browsers, search again for: http://www.google.com
  2. In the search field type "search engine"
  3. Find at the top of the page: Search engine-Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  4. Read the first part referring to "Search engine"
  5. In the same word document (Microsoft Office Word) , type the concept of "Search Engine" in your own words.
  6. Type five examples of search engines. (Tips: you can find examples of search engine in the same google page that you previously visited. Example: yahoo.com, altavista.com, search.live.com, searchengines.com, google.com, ask.com, webcrawler.com, freefind.com, cybercaptive.com, business.com. whatuseek.com, infopeople.org)
IX. What do you understand about Internet Server?
  1. In one of your internet browsers, search again for: http://www.google.com
  2. In the search field type "server computing"
  3. Find at the top of the page: Server(computing)-Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  4. Read the first part refering to "Server (computing)"
  5. In the same word document (Microsoft Office Word) , type the concept of "Server" in your own words.
X. What do you understand about Internet Client?
  1. In one of your internet browsers, search again for: http://www.google.com
  2. In the search field type "client computing"
  3. Find at the top of the page: Client(computing)-Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  4. Read the first part refering to "Client (computing)"
  5. In the same word document (Microsoft Office Word) , type the concept of "Client" in your own words.
XI. What do you understand about Proxy Server?
  1. In one of your internet browsers, search again for: http://www.google.com
  2. In the search field type "proxy server"
  3. Find at the top of the page: Proxy server-Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  4. Read the first part refering to "Proxy server"
  5. In the same word document (Microsoft Office Word) , type the concept of "Proxy server" in your own words.
XII. Hand-on ativity.
  1. Right click on taskbar of your computer.
  2. You will see a pop-up menu.
  3. Click the first item, which says: "Cascade Windows".
  4. Click the second item, which says: "Tile Windows Horizontaly".
  5. Click the third item, which says: "Tile Windows Vertically".
  6. In the same word document (Microsoft Office Word) , explain what happens with your windows?