Structured Wiring in the Physics Building, and the World Wide Web

Alan J. Flavell

Particle Physics (Experimental) Group

Dept of Physics and Astronomy
University of Glasgow, Scotland

Structured wiring in the Physics Building

• Introduction
• The structured wiring - what is it?
• Statistics
• The structured wiring - what can it do?
• A quick look at some older uses
• The Networking Layer-cake model
• Ethernet - the current favourite
• Localtalk - low-cost alternative
• In Hindsight

Network Applications, and the World Wide Web

• Introduction to (some) network applications
• TELNET/TN3270
• FTP
• Electronic mail
• Usenet News
• The World Wide Web