Program execution

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Concepts: computer components, stored program computer, machine language, register, fetch-execute cycle, von Neumann architecture

Embedded computers

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Concepts: embedded computer, RAM, ROM, sensor, effector, the “Internet of things”

Innovation timing

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Concepts: innovation timing, research prototype, commodity versus custom hardware, graphical user interface, contributions of Doug Engelbart, Ivan Sutherland, and Xerox PARC

Traceroute

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Skills: use traceroute and query the whois database
Concepts: IP address, router hops, whois

Ping

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Skills: use ping
Concepts: network transit time, command-line user interface, prefixes for small quantities

Bit Torrent, a peer-to-peer application

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Skills: finding and downloading files with Bit Torrent
Concepts: client-server, peer-to-peer, copyright, Creative Commons

Connectivity overview

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Concepts: mobile, home and organization connectivity, local versus wide area network, wired versus wireless, cell versus WiFi, terrestrial versus satellite wireless, connectivity options within the LAN, from the LAN to the ISP and backbone networks, network topologies

How much information in an image?

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Concepts: information, information in an image

Application program interface (API)

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Concepts: Application program interface (API)

Internet application development -- cheap and easy

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Concepts: Application program interface, platform ecosystem, Internet infrastructure services, application development cost trend, end user application development trend

Tweeting an image

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Skills: posting images on Twitter using Twitpix.com
Concepts: application ecosystem, application program interface (API)

Internet privacy

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Concepts: log, IP address, URL, packet header and body, geo-location, anonymity, proxy server, advertising signals, hacking, social graph

Exponential growth

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Concepts: linear growth, exponential growth, linear scale plot, logarithmic scale plot, “hockey stick,” Moore’s Law, hosting in the cloud

Technology progress

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Concepts: technology improvement versus technology shifts, progress in processing, storage, and communication technology

The physical layer

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Concepts: wired hardware characteristics, wireless hardware characteristics (frequency and power), modulation schemes

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Communication link characteristics

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Concepts: Link characteristics -- technology, length, speed, latency, jitter and packet loss rate, units of measure for amount of data and connection speed

The data link layer

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Concepts: LAN, data link functions, data link protocols, medium access, why standards win

The domain name system

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Concepts: domain, domain name, host, IP address, domain registrar

The Internet layer

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Concepts: layered protocols, the internet layer, IP protocol, router, dumb (“end-to-end,” “neutral”) networks

Counting (number systems)

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Skills: counting using any number system
Concepts: positional number systems, base (radix)