Emergence of the internet. Basics of internetworking

UC Santa CruzCMPS 10 – Introduction to Computer Sciencewww.soe.ucsc.edu/classes/cmps010/Spring11ejw@cs.ucsc.edu6 May 2011

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Homework #3

Will be an assignment working with Context Free Art Described in class today

Context Free Art is a domain specific programming language for creating computer-generated artwork www.contextfreeart.org Program is freely available, PC/Mac/Linux Standalone version works in PC labs (BE 109)

In the assignment, you will1. Take an existing context free art program and modify some of

the numbers in it, and then describe the impact on the final artworks generated

2. In the same program, you will add a few new lines to the program, and then describe the impact on the final artworks

3. For extra credit, you can write a context free art program that is completely new (from scratch), describe how it works, and give an example of some artwork

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Assignment due Friday, May 13 Help sessions:

Tuesday, May 10, 3-5pm, E2 307 Thursday, May 12, 4-6pm, location TBD

Assignment details now on web

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Lecture overview

This lecture involved watching part of Nerds 2.0.1, episode 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi97PlMeal4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6DGbEFJnRo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vmZTQloseo These videos give an overview of the emergence of the

Internet

Following the video, the lecture involved an on-board presentation of the following concepts: Packet switching Circuit switching IP address The role of routers in the Internet