https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50 journal entries en-us 2017-09-15 19:40:39 UTC 2025-11-07 11:28:15 UTC hello@padlet.com isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188085458 What is the normal decimal (base 10) representation of the following unsigned binary number: 00101101= ?

45]]> 2017-09-15 19:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188085458 isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188086687 What is an IP address?

An IP address is an Internet Protocol address. It works like a street address for your computer.]]> 2017-09-15 19:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188086687 isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188087555 Imagine you were going to send a letter to a friend living in another state. List the steps you imagine your letter would have to take through the different parts of the postal system.

I imagine that it would have to go from the postal office to some sort of transportation device for all the mail. Then it would go into a mail office, to the mail truck, and then eventually to their mailbox.]]> 2017-09-15 19:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188087555 isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188087968 Your friend sent you a message on the Internet, but you never received it. Based on what you already know about routers and the physical Internet, list what reasons might explain this fact.

It could be because the packets got lost by the router, or it was too crowded on the network, etc.]]> 2017-09-15 19:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188087968 isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188088161 What do you know about DNS and IP addresses?

I want to know exactly how they work and how they contribute and manage to control the internet, as well as how they keep the internet functioning properly]]> 2017-09-15 19:53:23 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188088161 isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188088520 What is the "Internet Protocol Stack?"

The Internet Protocol Stack is the order of which the internet protocols follow in order to adhere to the internet rules and keep it running smoothly]]> 2017-09-15 19:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188088520 isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188089036 What is Net Neutrality?

the law of the internet stating that big companies have to treat everybody on the internet equally in terms of viewing certain websites or accessing different information on the internet.]]> 2017-09-15 19:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188089036 isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188089386 What do you think about when you hear the word data? Where can it be found? Where does it come from?

I think of information transferred over the internet. You can find it on pretty much any technological device]]> 2017-09-15 19:59:02 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/188089386 isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193183032 What is the difference between a kilobyte and a megabyte?

A megabyte is 100 bytes, while a kilobyte is 1,000 bytes.]]> 2017-10-02 19:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193183032 isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193189475 What do you now know about the Internet?

I know about all the different components such as DNS, routers, IP  addresses, and DDoS attacks.]]> 2017-10-02 19:38:12 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193189475 isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193190538 Are the ways in which digital information is encoded more laws of nature or man made?

The way that digital information is encoded is definitely man made.]]> 2017-10-02 19:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193190538 isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193190967 What is heuristic?

Heuristic is a loosely defined set of rules, or approaching a solution by way of trial and error.]]> 2017-10-02 19:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193190967 isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193191389 Back in the Internet Unit you encoded a line-drawing image as a list of numbers that made up the coordinates of the points in the image. That works for line drawings, but how might you encode a different kind of image?

You would want to use binary code or even ASCII characters.]]> 2017-10-02 19:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193191389 isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193191688 How might you encode colors?

You would encode colors by using a different combination of binary numbers or a different combination of ASCII characters.]]> 2017-10-02 19:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193191688 isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193192229 What is a pixel?

A pixel is a very small illumination on the computer screen that, along with a lot more pixels, compose an image]]> 2017-10-02 19:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193192229 isaiah_62174 https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193192803 What does Lossless compression mean?

Lossless compression is a class of data compression algorithms that allows the original data to be perfectly reconstructed from the compressed data.]]> 2017-10-02 19:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/isaiah_62174/kmw8fft64n50/wish/193192803