Lab 1.2

1. Describe at least one way in which IP addresses and phone numbers are similar.
a phone number has 10 numbers with area code and ip addresses have 4 numbers seperated by periods. 
they both have a phone book: yellow pages and dns
e.g. 205-123-4567         63.236.108.145


2.HTTP and FTP are both standard ways of sending/receiving files 
through a network. How do they compare with respect to privacy?
FTP is a privacy site and you have to use a login and a password.
http is not private and no password or userid is required.


3. How do they compare with respect to convenience?
http is more convenient b/c you dont have to enter a id and password every time you click on a link.
with ftp you do have to enter a password so it is a little less convenient


4.Is it correct to say that folders/directories directly contain data? Why
or why not?
folders contain files within a file so the data might be within a subfolder of a folder


5.Recall pathnames from the last lab. Discuss at least one way in
Lab 1.2: Internet Basics 2 which pathnames and URLs are similar.
The url is specified between the :// and the next /, 
and the remainder of the URL is just like a pathname—it specifies the
location of the file on the given host, with slashes separating folder names. In some
cases, sometimes the pathname can be omitted from the url