There was so much information in this ek that it started getting actually kind of muddy, but I tried to keep focused. There were a lot of technical terms such as User Datagram Protocol (UDP), Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Fiber To The Home (FTTH), and many many more that they all started to run together. The best thing that I read though, was about Amdahl's Law which stated: A system's speed is always determined by the slowest component. This of course is pretty much common sense, but I think that it is easily forgotten especially when people are out shopping for the latest and the greatest thing. Think about it. What good is a smartphone that is labeled with the speed of 4G LTE, when the service is not even offered in the area? None at all according to Amdahl's Law, as your performance will be based not on the phone's capabailities, but the capabilities of the service that you have.
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Another cool term which I learned was cybersquatting, which means to acquire a domain name that refers to a firm, individual, product, or trademark, with the goal of exploiting it for financial gain. The practice of doing that is illegal in many countries, and ICANN even has a dispute resolution mechanism in place for such events.
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There was so much information in the readings this week that my eyes started crossing at every term or acronym that I came across, I will definately need to re-read much of this material in order to get a better grasp on what it all means. Even though the material is not above me, it is just so much at one time that it starts to get confusing. I hope to forecast a clear blog next week!!
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