Skills: use ping Concepts: network transit time, command-line user interface, prefixes for small quantities This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. Ping demonstration
Feb 23, 2016
Skills: use pingConcepts: network transit time, command-line user interface, prefixes for small quantities
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
Ping demonstration
Where does this topic fit?
• Internet concepts– Applications– Technology (communication)– Implications
• Internet skills– Application development– Content creation– User skills
Local area network (LAN)
LAN LAN
How much time?
How much time?
Client Server
1101101
Acknowledge
Ping
Ping demonstration
Start > Run
Mind blowing speed
RT to Chile at around 62,000 miles per second – about 1/3 the speed of light.
Same speed?
Night = Day?
Home = School?
Prefixes for small quantities
Prefix Meaning FractionDeci One tenth 1/10Centi One hundredth 1/100Milli One thousandth 1/1,000Micro One millionth 1/1,000,000Nano One billionth 1/1,000,000,000Pico One trillionth 1/1,000,000,000,000
For more on this topic, see this teaching module.