Lesson 1 - Introducing the Internet
A global network of computing devices communicating with each other in some way.
What is the Internet?
Spell out these 2 abbreviations for different types of networks: LAN & WAN
What is Local Area Network & Wide Area Network
A set of rules governing the format of data sent over the internet or other network
What is Internet Protocol?
A unit of data used for transmitting data across computer networks
What is an IP packet?
An information system that enables content sharing over the Internet
What is the World Wide Web?
True or False: The Internet is an open network
What is True?
The number of bits of data that are sent each second.
What is bit rate?
A unique number that identifies each computer using the Internet Protocol.
What is an IP address
A device that connects multiple networks together and allows devices to communicate with each other
What is a router?
True or False: The Internet and the World Wide Web the same thing?
What is False?
A set of rules that govern how data is processed and formatted in a network.
What is a protocol?
The maximum bit rate of a system.
What is bandwidth?
A company that provides subscribers with access to the internet
What is an Internet Service Provider (ISP)
The process of providing multiple paths for traffic so that data can keep flowing even in the event of a failure.
What is network redundancy?
A naming database where internet domain names are located and translated into Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.
What is Domain Name System (DNS)
Any group of interconnected computing devices capable of sending or receiving data.
What is a computer network?
The time between the sending of a data message and the receiving of that message.
What is latency
A unique identifier used to locate a resource on the internet.
What is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL)?
List the 3 Types of Network Connections (Hint: two are types of cables, one is not)
What is copper cables, fiber-optic cables, and wireless?
The foundation of the World Wide Web that is used to load webpages using hypertext links.
What is Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)