LIS4361 Assignment 1

1. Give three Web sites from the African country of Gabon. [not just about Gabon, but with a Gabon top-level domain assignment]

2. What country has is associated with the TLDs below?

Top-Level Domain

Country or Territory

sm

 

bb

 

gr

 

mo

 

ps

 

tc

 

tw

 

wf

 

3. Give the "anatomy" of the following URLs:

a) http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2078612/Google-Test-Adds-Website-Names-Subtracts-URLs-in-Search-Results

b) http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/controlling-how-search-engines-access.html

c) https://wifi.google.com/support/

d) http://www.du.edu/education/profiles/Helgren.html

4. What is the country of registry for each of these Web pages?

a) http://www.ficase.cv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=56&Itemid=79

b) http://www.mcbs.edu.om/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=123&Itemid=178

c) http://www.tropicalplants.tp/

d) http://www.tnt.tv/

e) http://nomadic.cd/

5. Give the alpha domains for the following: [hint: you may need to look for other nslookup servers from other countries]

a) 130.253.4.23

b) 157.150.195.10

c) 125.29.33.200

6. Give the numeric IP for the following:

a) www.state.co.us

b) colorado.gov

c) www.virtualref.com

7. Does case matter with the following URLs [i.e., Does it make a difference if some of the letters are typed in UPPER case]? What are possible explanations?

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html

http://www.apa.org/education/undergrad/library-research.aspx

http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blpicnic.htm

8. What is the numeric address for: http://www.charlestonco.com/ ? Who is responsible for this site?

9. Reading - Report that you have read the reading (or not) on your homework.