History of the Internet
This decade saw intro of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.
What is the 2000s?
protocol often called "internet's phonebook" bc it translates domain names into IP addresses.
What is DNS?
small chunks of data sent over the internet to ensure reliable delivery.
What are packets?
model where clients request resources, and servers provide them.
What is the client-server model?
The acronym for the set of rules that governs the loading of web pages.
What is HTTP?
A 1969 government project considered beginning of the internet.
What is ARPANET?
special number labels assigned to every device connected to the internet.
What are IP addresses?
monitor network conditions and direct packets to their destination efficiently.
What are routers?
Data is transmitted using electricity, light, and these invisible waves.
What are radio waves?
This term refers to tiny pieces of information websites store on your computer to remember preferences.
What are cookies?
The first email was sent in this decade.
What is the 1970s?
newer version of IP addressing, introduced to handle shortage of addresses - uses 128 bits.
What is IPv6?
Amount of data that can be sent over a network in a fixed amount of time, measured in Mbps.
What is bandwidth?
the term for the time it takes data to travel from its source to its destination, measured in milliseconds.
What is latency?
This protocol is used to send emails across the internet.
What is Simple Mail Transfer Protocol/SMTP?
(1983) ARPANET officially switched to this protocol, lets different networks communicate.
What is TCP/IP?
organization that oversees the smooth operation/development of internet architecture.
What is the IETF, or Internet Engineering Task Force?
A type of cable - transmits data as pulses of light, offering high speeds and low latency.
What are optical fibers?
Type of network architecture tht distributes resources across multiple locations for redundancy.
What is distributed architecture?
digital certificates that verify the identity of websites.
What are SSL/TLS certificates?
This British scientist invented the World Wide Web in 1989.
Who is Tim Berners-Lee?
protocol ensures secure communication over the web, shown as a padlock symbol in browsers.
What is HTTPS?
wireless connections use radio waves to transmit data - often slower than wired connections.
What are Wi-Fi/cellular networks?
This principle of internet design ensures devices can communicate with any other device globally.
What is end-to-end connectivity?
Secure version of the protocol that handles web traffic and - symbolized by a padlock in browsers.
What is HTTPS?