Computer Information Systems: Find Websites

.com – Commercial websites

• Generally created by a business or corporation and is for profit.
• Provides information on products or is motivated by sales.

.edu – Educational websites

• Created by a college, university or grade school.
• Information is provided for academic purposes.
• Highly regulated and can only be owned by an educational organization.

 .gov – Government websites

• Created by local, state, and national goverments.
• Information is provided for the public.
• Highly regulated and can only be owned by a government organization.

 .org – Organization website

• Used by both non-profit organizations, for profit corporations and individuals. 
• Organization websites can be owned by a corporation and be sales motivated, owned by an individual or owned by a non-profit organization that provides information supporting a specific cause or viewpoint.
• Carefully evaluate non-profit organizations as they can have a particular viewpoint on an issue, so the information they provide can be biased or slanted in order to support their viewpoint.

Quick Tip: If you are searching Google for a website with a specific domain, such as a .gov or .edu, when you type in your search add "site:" and the domain type at the end of your search term. For example, if you wanted to find government websites on gun control, type in "gun control site:.gov". Or if you wanted to specifically search for non-profit websites that had information on wildlife, type in "wildlife site:.org".

Education Links:

• Development of the Domain Name System (DNS) - This paper examines the ideas behind the initial design of the DNS in 1983, discusses the evolution of these ideas into the current implementations and usages, notes conspicuous surprises, successes and shortcomings, and attempts to predict its future evolution. 
• Turing Machines - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy describes Turing machines that intended to help investigate the extent and limitations of what can be computed.
• Moore's Law and Computer Processing Power - UC Berkeley School of Information blog mentions how Gordon Moore predicted that computer processing power would perform an inexorable march.

Government Links:

• Early Computing at the NIH (National Institute of Health) - The National Institute of Health discusses how early computing devices and methods were key in creating and developing health technology.

Organization Links:

• Quantum-Mechanical Computers - In Scientific American, Seth Lloyd discusses the logic behind Quantum-Mechanical Computers, if they can be constructed, will do things no ordinary computer can.
• The Modem - In Invention & Technology, Curt Wohleber mentions the history of the modem and its uses.
• Who Invented the Transistor? - The Computer History Museum gives a brief history of the first transistor and its improvement.

Other Links:

• The Abacus: One of the Oldest Calculation Devices - Article by Jorn Lutjens about the history of the Abacus.
• The Abacus: A Brief History - Notes from A History of Mathematics by Carl B. Boyer and Uta C. Merzbach.

For Fun:

• How INTELigent are you? Can you solve this Moore's Law Equation? - Video about solving a simple equation following the pattern of Moore's Law.