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The Rise of the World Wide Web Read the text below and answer these questions:  a. Was the Internet built for science geeks or the general public?  What about the World Wide Web? b. Did online communities exist before World Wide Web?  If so, can you give some examples?         By the early 1990's, people were using computers in many different ways.  Computers were already installed in most schools, offices, and homes.  They were commonly used for writing papers, playing games, financial accounting,  and business productivity applications. But very few people used them for  communication, research, and shopping the way we do now. A man named  Tim Berners-Lee changed all that. In 1990, Lee added an exciting   hypertext   and multimedia layer to the Internet and called it the   World Wide Web . The rest,  as they say, is history.      Believe it or not, the Web was not th...

      Computer Hardware Peripherals  After reading the following article, asnswer these questions: a- What´s the difference between peripherals and components? b- What´s the main purpose of peripherals in a computer?     Peripherals are a generic name for any device external to a computer, but still normally associated with it's extended functionality. The purpose of peripherals is to extend and enhance what a computer is capable of doing without modifying the core components of the system.      A printer is a good example of a peripheral. It is connected to a computer, extends its functionality, but is not actually part of the core machine. Do not confuse computer peripherals with computer accessories. An accessory can be any device associated with a computer, such as a printer or a mousepad. A printer is a peripheral, but a mousepad is definitely not one. A mousepad does not extend the functionality of a computer, it only enh...

READ THE TEXT AND COMMENT THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: a- What´s the difference among ALPHA VERSIONS, BETA VERSIONS AND RELEASE CANDIDATE VERSIONS when we talk about computer apps? b- Considering the distribution of apps nowadays, what do you understand by "shareware, freeware, upgrade versions and open source?     Without software applications, it would be very hard to actually perform any meaningful task on a computer, unless one was a very talented, fast and patient programmer. Applications are meant to make users more productive and get work done faster. Their goal should be flexibility, efficiency, and user-friendliness.      Today there are thousands of applications for almost every purpose, from writing letters to playing games. Producing software is no longer the lonely profession it once was, with a few random geeks hacking away in the middle of the night. Software is a big business and the development cycle goes through certain stages and versio...