Session 2 Highlights: A Flashback at the Internet Technology in its Toddler Stage, A Study of its Extant Adolescent State and A Glance into its Future Adulthod Stage.

         Finally the voyage got underway in the second week. Though the journey seemed quite interesting and easy from the land but as I hit the seas, I have started facing the intermittent rough waters as well which has escalated the joy of this adventure. The day started on a high note where we got insight into how man confined the whole world into his room through internet.

         We learned about how the TCP/IP technology helped in transferring information, looked at the present Internet Protocol version 4 and had a peep into the future IP6 facilities. We also learned about domains and the development of the markup language, looked at the different types of networks like public networks, private networks, leased line, cellular network etc and connections like voice- grade telephone connections, broadband, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. It had been a really absorbing session. Then we acquainted ourselves with a bit of the html codes. As it was a familiar territory for me the ship cruised through smoothly.

         I acquired html know how by scanning through source codes of sites, selecting the particular feature that I wanted and started developing my site by adding the features wherever I could. Doing it in real is the best way I feel. In the beginning if you use front page to understand the source, the task is much easier. Then you can switch to java applets and others. Trust me; developing a site is much simpler than creating a Microsoft Word file with text, pictures and hyperlinks. So the html file submissions that are required for the course are not something to worry about. Ya it needs a bit of your time.

         But the weather forecast predicted rough seas ahead. The course requires us to make flash presentations and it is a completely unknown territory for me and there were fears that it might be something similar to the Bermuda Triangle where the ships get lost for ever. But soon I found a friend of mine who assured that she will see the ship through this flummoxing territory. I made a few new friends as well. So it has been a great journey so far where I have unraveled many new and interesting things in a very short time and I sincerely believe that the experience will be truly scintillating in the days to come.