Report Plan

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Report Plan.

The importance of protocols in the working of the Internet.

Introduction.

State what will be covered in the report.
Give a brief description of the Internet.
Give a brief description of protocols.

Main Body.

Describe the Internet. (A network of networks)
Describe how the Internet works. (How the information is broken down into packets )
Describe why protocols are important. (To enable different parts of the Internet to work together)
Give examples of protocols, and one of the main architects (TCP/IP, HTTP, Tim Berners-Lee.)

Conclusion.

Summarize main points.
State the importance of protocols.

Structure.

Web pages with links to.

Plan.
Main report.
Top.
Back.

External links.

OU/T171

Photographs / images / diagrams.

Packet switching.
Packet protocol.
A network

References.

Herman, C. Taylor, E. Robinson, L. (2002) Module 2 [online] The Open University. Available from: http://t171.open.ac.uk/t171/module2 [Accessed 25 June 2002]

Naughton, J. (1999) A Brief History of the Future, London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

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