(c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster The Edge in Knowledge New Jersey Institute of Technology (c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster 1 Introduction to Information Technology IT 101 Week Eight Thursday Professor, Stephen W. Foster Information Technology Program New Jersey Institute of Technology

(c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster The Edge in Knowledge New Jersey Institute of Technology (c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster 2 Admin. Your HW assignment this week for Chapter 8 (networks) includes all Short Answer questions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Provide a short paragraph for each answer. This HW is due next Tuesday in class (no s accepted) Oct 31 Reminder - Week 12: “All” Project Reports Due on (Tuesday) Nov. 21 st & Oral Project presentations will also begin that day – be prepared Week of Oct. 31 Professor will provide Oral Presentation guidelines

(c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster The Edge in Knowledge New Jersey Institute of Technology (c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster 3 Course Syllabus Week 1: Overall Course discussion and Computers and You (Ch. 1) Week 2: Projects Assigned and The Internet and The World Wide Web (Ch. 2) Week 3: Wired and Wireless Communications (CH. 3) Week 4: Submit Project Topic & Sources and System Software (Ch. 4) Week 5: Application Software: Tools for Productivity (Ch. 5) Week 6: Inside The System Unit (Ch. 6) Week 7: Tuesday Midterm Exam (first six weeks) & (Thursday) Input/Output and Storage (Ch. 7) Week 8: Networks: Communicating and Sharing Resources (Ch. 8) Week 9: Piracy, Crime and Security (Ch. 9) Week 10: Programming Languages & Program development (Ch. 11) Week 11: Databases and Information Systems (Ch. 12) Week 12: Project Report Due & Project Presentations Begin System Analysis and Design (Ch. 13) Week 13: Project Presentations and Enterprise Computing (Ch. 14) plus Week 14: Project Presentations and Careers and Certifications (Ch. 10) Week 15: Final Exam

(c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster The Edge in Knowledge New Jersey Institute of Technology (c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster 4 IT Computers 101 Lets Go! Chapter Eight – Networks

(c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster The Edge in Knowledge New Jersey Institute of Technology (c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster 5 Networks CAN – Campus Area Networks MAN – Metropolitan Area Networks GIG – Global Information Grid PAN – Personal Area Network VAN – Value Added Network

(c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster The Edge in Knowledge New Jersey Institute of Technology (c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster 6 Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) ISO – International Organization for Standards 7 hierarchical layers – (the protocol stack) Not a design, but a conceptual model Standard reference model for network communications

(c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster The Edge in Knowledge New Jersey Institute of Technology (c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster 7 OSI Model Layer 7Application Layer 6Presentation Layer 5Session Layer 4Transport Layer 3Network Layer 2Data Link Layer 1Physical Electrical Conversions Computer Conversions Human Conversions

(c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster The Edge in Knowledge New Jersey Institute of Technology (c) 2006 Stephen W. Foster 8 Good Luck! Mid-Term exam will be given on Tuesday Oct. 17th (do not miss this class) NJIT has undergone a remarkable transformation, growing from a college principally characterized as an undergraduate teaching college to a nationally recognized scientific technological research university Top 10 Technology Universities by R&D Expenditure 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2. Georgia Institute of Technology 3. California Institute of Technology 4. Virginia Polytechnic Institute 5. Carnegie Mellon University 6. Texas Tech University 7. New Jersey Institute of Technology 8. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 9. Northeastern University 10. Michigan Technological University