Data Transfer
The number of bits we can send in a set amount of time.
What is bandwidth?
This kind of connections allows for the most mobility.
What are wireless connections?
The official set of rules and procedures computers follow.
What are protocols?
The basic language of computers.
What is binary?
The amount of time it takes packets to get from source to receiver.
The oldest method of data transmission.
What are copper cables?
The protocol for web pages.
What is Hypertext Transfer Protocol?
The order the data should be arranged (sent along with packets).
What is metadata?
The unit of transmission over the internet (contains IP Address of sender, receiver and information to be sent).
What are packets?
The fastest but most expensive form of connection.
What is a fiber optic cable?
The system of addressing computers on the internet.
What is an IP Address?
The language of webpages.
What is HTML? Hypertext Markup Language.
Tiny pieces of data websites store on your computer.
What are cookies?
The way the internet connects across continents.
What are submarine cables?
The protocol that breaks down the data into packets to be sent.
What is Transmission Control Protocol?
TCP
The internets phone book.
What is DNS? Domain Name System
Having multiple paths to get to the same place.
What is redundancy?
A piece of hardware that forwards data through it's path.
What is a router?
The protocol for sending emails.
What is Simple Mail Transfer Protocol?
The volunteer group who make the Internet work better by producing technical documents and protocol.
What is the Internet Engineering Task Force?