Unit 6 Vocab Part 1

Front

A system of rules governing behavior.

Back

protocol

Front

Rate of data transfer in a network (capacity)

Back

bandwidth

Front

A connection that is always on.

Back

broadband

Front

A computer connected to a network.

Back

host

Front

Device to connect networks

Back

router

Front

A chunk of data sent over the Internet

Back

packet

Front

Unique identifier for a computer on a network

Back

IP address

Front

Multiple methods of doing something

Back

redundancy

Front

A representation of something.

Back

abstraction

Front

Attempt to try every possible key to break a message

Back

brute force attack