Activity - Can Submarines Swim?
Scenario
Edsger Wybe Dijkstra was a famous computer programmer and theoretical physicist. One of his most famous quotes was: “The question of whether computers can think is like the question of whether submarines can swim.” Dijkstra’s work has been applied, among other things, to routing protocols. He created the Shortest Path First (SPF) algorithm for network routing.
Now, open the PDF provided with this activity and answer the reflection questions. Save your work.
Get together with two of your classmates to compare your answers.
After completing this activity, do you have an idea as to how the OSPF protocol may work?