Protocols
This protocol assigns IP addresses to devices on the network
What is DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)?
This cable provides a hardwired connection to the internet.
What is an ethernet cable?
Want to send data online? Better divide it up into these, which have a max size of 65,535 bytes for TCP.
What are packets?
This programming language is commonly used to add interactivity and dynamic content to websites, and runs in the browser on the client side.
What is JavaScript?
This online shopping megalith was originally called "Cadabra", but was renamed after a lawyer mistakenly referred to it as "Cadaver".
What is Amazon?
This protocol specifies the rules for sending data between devices on the 'web'
What is IP (Internet Protocol)?
This device in your home network connects your devices to the internet, often providing Wi-Fi and managing data flow between your local network and the wider web.
What is a router?
You won't get to your web destination if this server is unable to resolve your domain to an IP address.
What is a DNS (Domain Name Service) server?
This HTML element is used to define a hyperlink, allowing users to navigate from one webpage to another.
What is an <a> tag?
This term, used to describe the technology that wirelessly connects devices to the internet, actually doesn't stand for anything.
What is Wi-Fi?
This protocol ensures that bytes are transmitted in the order they were sent, with no errors or omissions
What is TCP (Transmission Control Protocol?)
This device allows your home network to connect to the internet by converting signals from your ISP into a usable form for digital devices.
What is a modem?
In your area, you have your choice of this, which could be Xfinity, Verizon, or Viasat.
What is an ISP (Internet Service Provider)?
This type of CSS selector is used to target an element by its unique identifier, prefaced by the "#" symbol.
What is a an ID?
These mid-aughts internet cats famously asked "I can haz cheeseburger?"
What are LOLcats?
You see this protocol when you type in a webpage -- it defines how parts of a webpage (like HTML files, images, CSS files and more) are sent from a server to the client requesting the files.
What is HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)?
These long, submerged cables form the backbone of global internet communication, transmitting data between continents across oceans.
What are submarine cables?
You may run out of this if you're overworked, which also refers to the max amount of data that can be sent over a network connection in a set amount of time.
What is bandwidth?
This section of <html> is where you'd add a link to your CSS file.
What is the <head> section?
This part of the internet, not indexed by traditional search engines and often accessed using specialized software like Tor, is known for hosting anonymous and sometimes illegal activities.
What is the dark web?
This protocol is used for sending realtime data, like video streams, and does NOT resend dropped packets.
What is UDP (User Datagram Protocol)?
Undersea submarine cables, which form the backbone of global internet communication, use this type of cable -- one that transmits data using light.
What are fiberoptic cables?
If one device in a network breaks, messages are automatically rerouted through other paths.
What is redundancy?
JavaScript uses this, a programming interface that represents the content of a webpage.
What is the DOM (Document Object Model)?
This concept, not universally adopted by all countries, states that ISPs cannot block, throttle (slow down), or prioritize specific content, applications, or services for commercial gain.
What is net neutrality?