Internet Hardware
These are examples of radio signals.
What are cell tower and wifi?
A network can have new routers without having to be rewired. This is an example of what?
What is scalability (scalable)?
This an example of a digital divide.
What is ??
This language is used to display a website on your computer.
What is Hypertext Markup language (HTML)?
If a computer does not receive acknowledgement of a packet, this happens.
What is resend(ing of) the packet?
This is used to transmit electric signals between devices.
What is an ethernet cable?
Data travels along the internet in an indirect path. What does this mean?
The path is not determined. When you request information from the internet, it doesn't connect to a dedicated line. It may run through many routers.
When people lack computers or network connections to make digital participation possible, they lack these.
What are physical resources?
This protocol is the language used to communicate between web browsers and servers.
What is Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)?
This is a type of computer that forwards data across the internet.
What is a router?
This is the maximum amount of data transfer that can happen at a given moment.
What is bandwidth?
The internet won't break because of this.
What is redundancy?
A person who lacks experience and awareness with using the internet may lack this.
What is digital literacy?
This protocol is a protocol where data is sent from one computer to another on the internet.
What is Internet Protocol (IP)?
This is how information travels on the internet (small chunks from larger chunks of information).
What are packets?
This is the fastest way that information is sent. (Think waves)
What is light waves?
If a part of a network goes down, devices can still be connected.
What is fault tolerance?
A person who lacks education and training on the proper use of digital technology and applications lacks this.
What are digital skills?
This is the internet protocol that was developed in anticipation of ip address exhaustion (running out of IP addresses).
What is IPv6?
This is the vocabulary term for information that is contained within a packet and tells it where to go and where it is going?
What is metadata?
These are the ways information is sent.
What is by electricity, light, and radio waves?
This happens if a router goes offline but the message still gets delivered.
What is taking a different path?
Examples of demographics that contribute to the digital divide.
What are age, education level, and race?
This system associates names with IP numbers.
What is Domain Name System (DNS)?
This protocol breaks down information to send it and reassembles it in the correct order.
What is Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)?