Report Plan
Choose a person who has in your opinion made the most significant contribution
to the development of the Internet or the World Wide Web. Describe the part
they played in this development. Explain why you feel their contribution
was the most significant.
Title
Paul Baran’s contribution to the development of the Internet, the part he
played and why his contribution was most significant
Introduction
Description of the report and its contents. (150 words)
Main Body
Sub-headings - Distributed network, Message blocks, Open literature,
Significant
Paul Baran building a survivable network, a distributed, digital
network.
Separation of the messages into smaller segments for transmission
over the network.
Used an algorithm for message delivery/routing.
Shared his ideas openly.
Why Baran’s contribution was the most significant.
Would/did anyone else come up with the same idea?
The problems Baran had in convincing people it would work. (550
words)
Conclusion
Summary of why I feel this person made the most important contribution
to the development of the Internet. (300 words)
(Web Report Issues)
Images – two of Paul Baran and some network diagrams
Structure - 1000 words with internal links, embedded links and
external links.
References
[1] Griffin, S. Internet pioneers [online] Available from:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/baran.html
[Accessed 05 Jun 2003]
[2] Naughton, J. (1999), A Brief History of the Future, London,
Phoenix
[3] T171 Module 2 Section 2.5, A Survivable Network, [online]
Open University. Available from:
http://t171.open.ac.uk/t171/module2/section2/network.cfm?DisplayMode=live&CFID=1174458&CFTOKEN=11003647
[Accessed 20 Jun 2003]
[4] T171 Module 2 Section 2.7, Circuit-switching versus packet-switching,
[online] Open University. Available from:
http://t171.open.ac.uk/t171/module2/section2/switching.cfm?DisplayMode=live&CFID=1174458&CFTOKEN=11003647
[Accessed 20 Jun 2003]
[5] Stewart, B. The living Internet[online] Available from:
http://livinginternet.com/?i/ii_rand.htm
[Accessed 05 Jun 2003]