- First let's read MDN HOW WEB WORKS.
- Next let's watch a few quick examples of how the internet works.
- And [how IP addresses work](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFooN7Mu0IM - how IP addresses work).
- Finally let's tie these things together and watch a video about DNS - what happens when you type an address into a web browser.
This exercise is intended to help you assess your progress with the concepts and techniques we've covered during the week.
For these questions, write a short snippet of code that meets
the requirement. In cases where the question mentions a "given"
data value, use the variable given
to refer to it (instead of re-writing
the information).
- What do you know about modules already? If little, what would you guess modules are all about?
- I don't know anything. I would guess that they are self contained programs similar to gems.
- Golf and basketball both use a ball. But if you're on a basketball court and ask for "the ball," no one is going to throw you a golf ball. Why? If you were as dumb as a computer, why would a golf ball be an acceptable response?
- Because it is a type of ball, and with no other specifications to go off of, one is as good as another.
- You've learned about the object model and method lookups. What would the imapct be of injecting an additional ancestor into a class' lookup chain?
- The first ancestor would inherit the charachteristics of the second
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