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Speed, Security and Law Factors that influence the performance of a website There are many factors of the user that would influence the performance of a website. One main thing is the client’s connection speed. What I mean by this is that the faster the person on the pc’s connection speed is, the quicker text and images will load. If we look at a website that hosts videos like YouTube, the quicker the clients internet speed is, the quicker the video can be rendered, and in a larger quantity…

An IP address, or internet protocol address, identifies a person online by where they are in the world and more specifically, acts as that individual’s online identity (IP Address). However, these advertisements that companies show only reflect what a person has left traces of online. Examples of traces include, but are not limited to “forum registration…

Globalization: Who decides if the world is flat or spiky? Friedman (2005) and Florida (2005) present opposing ideas on the effects of globalization on America and international countries. Friedman (2005) believes that the world is flat; barriers dissolved and allowed communication between countries on one side of the world to another because of access to cyberspace. Friedman (2005) is claiming that everyone who has access to digital technology are equal and no one has an unfair advantage over…

Is Social Media Making Us Un-Sociable? Social media is a big part of the world we live in these days. You ask just about anybody if they participate in social media, and you will the answer most of the time is yes. As much as one third of the world is on social media! That’s a lot of people. Dr. Danel Sieagal at The Mindsight Institute Executive Director talk about the irony of social media by looking at how social media shapes the brain, when the brain is what shaped and made social media. All…

twentieth century. So much so that many could not bear the possibility of not having access to it at all times. The Internet has gone through three basic forms during it’s growth, it started as an idea, became a reality as ARPANET, and expanded to the world as the Internet that is known today. Johnny Ryan points out in his book A History of the Internet and the Digital Future that the Internet is the result of a desire for quick, international communication during the cold war. It was the idea…

Technology and Teachers Technology has become a revolutionary tool for education, by allowing the utilizing of information found on the World Wide Web. Teachers have adopted the digital age, by the use of various computer programs, and by incorporating the internet. Technology will never replace teacher, but “teachers who don’t use technology will be replaced by those who do”. (Trucano) Today teachers no longer only rely on the traditional methods of teaching, but now apply technology to their…

Firstly, the World Wide Web is not the Internet. The web is a feature of the internet, which is a network of computer networks whereas the World Wide Web is a series of interlinked HTML webpages connected by Hyperlinks. Therefore, “surfing” the Web and “surfing” the internet are two different things. Although the task of retrieving a webpage can be completed in a matter of seconds, it is actually a complex process. Firstly, your device sends a request to the Domain Name System through a router…

Smithsonian National Zoo and Animal Inside Out, are two amazing websites one can go on when inquiring to visit animal museums. I was interested to see all the bright colors on the page, a thought came to me. What do graphic designers think when creating a webpage? Questions like why they chose this particular image? Or why did they choose that font and color? Their goal is to make the webpage appealing to the eye, so people can come visit their museum. In this essay I would like to examine two…

According to the article, the Internet is a wide search engine allowing people to access large amounts of data. The web, with all its properties (i.e. interruptions and distractions) are making people superficial and scattered thinkers. As mentioned above, studies show that people who read text loaded…

The rapid advancement of technology at the dawn of the 21st century has not only spawned the invention of new technology, but has further refined existing practices to bring goods which previously existed only for those at the forefront of the technological arms race into the hands of consumers. The epitome of this is the creation of websites, a skill that once belonged only to a select few that dedicated significant time and effort into honing their skills. Now creating an inexpensive, but…