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8th Grade Computer Studies This activity is about the internet, what it is, when it was developed and how it works.  You will explore a number of websites, take notes and answer questions. You will also learn about the computer, its history and development.   The first thing you are to do is to open Word  and start a new document.  Type your name at the top right.  Under your name type 8th Grade Computer Studies. Under 8th Grade Computer Studies type the period that you have science. (example: Period 1)  When you are finished your heading should look like this: your name 8th Grade Computer Studies Period 1  You will use this document to type your answers to all of the questions you will find in this lesson. Save this document to your COMPST folder using the name Internet Study. PART 1: THE INTERNET Now, to start your investigation in to the internet, click the button below. When you get to the new website, read and take notes.  Using your document Internet Study, answer the following questions in complete sentences. When you have finished your work at this site, use your back button to return to this page. 1. What does "ARPA" stand for? 2. When was the World Wide Web born? 3. In 1994 what band first broadcast a concert on the WWW and what restaurant started taking orders for food? 4. When was the first generation of networking hardware and software designed 5. Today, how many countries are connected to the internet? The next part of this activity deal with e-mail. Click the link below to learn about e-mail then answer the following questions in complete sentences.   6. What is one advantage e-mail has over regular mail? 7. Give two advantages of e-mail over the telephone.   The next part of this lesson is about "Browsers".  Click on the button to learn about browsers, then answer the following questions in complete sentences. 8. What does a browser do for you? 9. What are two other names for a browser? Click the link below to learn even more about browsers. MORE ABOUT BROWSERS 10. What is a graphical browser? PART 2: THE COMPUTER To learn about the early history of the computer, click on the button below. When you have finished your research use your back button to return to this page. Using complete sentences, answer the following questions by going to your Internet Study document typing your answers. 11. What were the Difference Engine, and the Analytical Engine? In what years did Charles Babbage develope these machines? 12. Why wasn't Babbage able to complete his inventions? 13. George Scheutz and his son, Edvard Scheutz are given credit for inventing the first real computing machine.  In what year did they do this and what could the primitive computer do? 14. What was one of the first commercial uses of mechanical computers? 15. In what year did Herman Hollerith for the company was know as IBM?   Use the alien above to learn about the first computers to use electronics then answer the last three questions in this activity. 16. What was Colossus, who built it and when?  What was it used for? 17. What was the main contribution of EDVAC? 18. What was the name of the first commercially successful computer and what did it do in 1952? That's it! your finished!