COIT20246 ICT Services Management: Assignment

COIT 20246 ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION
Due date: Thursday Week 11 (2PM AEST)
Part: Written Assessment
Weighting: 30% of total assessment.
Submission: Electronic (see course website for details)
Instructions
It will be necessary to use literature/online resources to complete this
assignment, please ensure you cite and reference any such materials using
the Harvard format.
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assignment is to be in your own words. You will lose marks if you do not
use your own words!
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Tasks
There are ten (10) tasks, one for each week: the tasks are detailed
below. There is a table to complete for each task. Please fill in the
information required.
Note: Each resource summary should be around 200-300 words.
Week 1
The text discusses the elements of modern computing architecture however is largely silent
on the individuals who played a role in its development. Find and summarise a resource that
describes ONE such individual. The individual should have had a significant influence on the
development of computers and/or components of modern computing architecture.
Title and Reference:
Title: Artificial Intelligence
Reference: Childs, M. (2017). John McCarthy: Computer scientist known as the father of
AI. [online] The Independent. Available at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-
mccarthy-computer-scientist-known-as-the-father-of-ai-6255307.html [Accessed 25 Sep.
2017].
Summary:
This article describes about one particular individual, who played an important role in
the development of modern computing architecture, artificial intelligence. I chose this
article as it states about the father of artificial intelligence, John McCarthy. He was
the person behind the development of Artificial Intelligence.
In this article, the author describes about the role of John McCarthy in the field of
Artificial Intelligence. The field of computer science that deals with intelligence of
machines is known as artificial intelligence. John McCarthy was responsible for
introduction of this tremendous powerful development of computer science. He was a
computer scientist inventor and pioneer. He fist coined the term of artificial
intelligence in the year 1956. His main objective was to make such a device that
would be the substitute of the intelligence of several human beings. He was a bright
child and was a graduate in Mathematics in California Institute of Technology. He did
his PhD in Mathematics from Princeton in the year 1951. He attended a symposium
on Cerebral Mechanisms in Behaviour in 1948 and got the idea from there.
I found this article useful because it not only highlighted the concept of artificial
intelligence but also focused on the founder of artificial intelligence, John McCarthy.
Week 2
The text discusses the components and activities of operating systems however is largely
silent on the individuals who played a role in their development. Find and summarise a
resource that describes ONEsuch individual. The individual should have had a significant
influence on the writing or development of operating systems.
Title and Reference:
Title: Linus Torvalds
Reference: Venezia, P. (2017). Linux at 25: Linus Torvalds on the evolution and
future of Linux. [online] InfoWorld. Available at:
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3109150/linux/linux-at-25-linus-torvalds-on-the-
evolution-and-future-of-linux.html [Accessed 27 Sep. 2017].
Summary:

This article describes about one particular individual, who played an important role in
the development of the famous Linux operating system. The person who created the
Linux operating system is Linus Torvalds. I chose this article as it states about the
creator of Linux operating system, Linus Torvalds. He was the person behind the
development of this popular and protected operating system.
In this article, the author describes about the role of Linus Torvalds in the field of
operating system. Linux is the first completely free Unix operating system. In the year
1991, during his graduation from the University of Helsinki in Finland, he began to
write his own kernel. Previously, he used to use the expensive Unix like system.
Linux's origins were definitely not low-resource. Torvalds allowed large scale
integration applications in his operating system. This is one of the major advantages
of Linux.
I found this article useful because it not only highlighted the important points of Linux
operating system but also focused on the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds with proper
details.

Week 3
The Internet didn’t just appear – it was an evolution from earlier networks. Find and
summarise a resource that describes ONEof the networks that led to the development of the
modern Internet.
Title and Reference:
Title: ARPANET
Reference: The Conversation. (2017). How the Internet was born: from the
ARPANET to the Internet. [online] Available at: http://theconversation.com/how-the-
internet-was-born-from-the-arpanet-to-the-internet-68072 [Accessed 27 Sep. 2017].
Summary
This article describes about one of the networks that led to the development of the
modern Internet. ARPANET is one of them. I chose this article as it states about the
detailed discussion on ARPANET. The full form of ARPANET is The Advanced
Research Projects Agency Network.
In this article, the author describes about the evolution of Internet from several earlier
networks. ARPANET was the first ever network that was implemented for the TCP/IP
protocol suite. It was developed by the ARPA or Advanced Research Projects
Agency in the year 1967. In the year 1971, the name of ARPA was modified to
Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency or DARPA. However, again in 1993, it
was changed to ARPA. The main advantage of ARPANET was that it was the
innovative approach of sending data in packet switching. Every file of computer are
segregated into smaller segments, which are known as packets in packet switching.
This segregation is done by the host computers. These packets can be reconstructed
at the required destination and can be directed on several ways. During its early
stages, between the 60s and 70s, the communication galaxy spawned by the
ARPANET was not only mostly uncharted space, but, compared to today’ standards,
also mainly empty. It continued as such well into the 90s, before the technology
pioneered with the ARPANET project became the backbone of the Internet.
I found this article useful because it not only highlighted the first network evolution for
the development of Internet, but also about the advantages and functions of
ARPANET in the Internet.
Week 4
Ethernet is an example of a Layer Two (L2) data link protocol that is discussed in the text.
Find and summarise a resource that describes the features and uses of ONE other L2
protocol that is not discussed in the text (i.e. NOT Ethernet).
Title and Reference:
Title: ARP or Address Resolution Protocol
Reference: Lifewire. (2017). What Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) does for your
computer network. [online] Available at: https://www.lifewire.com/address-resolution-
protocol-817941 [Accessed 27 Sep. 2017].
Summary:
This article describes about one particular Layer Two L2 data link protocol, the ARP
or Address Resolution Protocol. It is the protocol that maps the IP address or Internet
Protocol address with a recognized physical machine address within a local network.
I chose this article as it states about the extremely advantageous layer two data link