Year 7 Networking Fundamentals

What is WWW?

• Abbreviation for World Wide Web.
• A network of computers located at geographically separate sites
• a unique numerical code used to identify computers on a network
• Connects multiple computers together

A Wide Area Network (WAN) is

• A network of computers located at geographically separate sites
• A set of rules governing the transmission of data between devices
• A unique numerical code used to identify computers on a network
• The smallest piece of data passed across a network

A LAN (local area network) is a...

• network that operates within a small geographic area, usually within a building, office, or department
• network that operates within a large geographic area, usually across countries

• network that operates within a medium geographic area, usually within cities

• global network connecting millions of computers, making it possible to exchange information

Bandwidth means

• To convert data from its original form to a form that can only be read by someone that can reverse the encryption.

• a unique numerical code used to identify computers on a network
• a protocol for sending data across the Internet that assigns unique numbers (IP addresses) to each connected device
• The amount of data that can be sent from one computer to another through a particular connection in a certain amount of time

The function of a Web Browser is to

• forward data across a network

• view web sites

• send data across the Internet via TCP

• transfer a file from a remote computer to a local computer.

A search engine is

• A collection of Internet communication protocols between two computers

• A type of internet service provider

• A website that provides a service for gathering and reporting information available on the internet

• a program used to view websites on your computer

Raj wants to set up a computer network, what is this?

• a collection of 2 or more computers all interconnected
• A network of computers located at geographically separate sites
• A global network connecting millions of computers, making it possible to exchange information
• A set of rules governing the transmission of data between devices

an IP address (internet protocol address) is...

• a program used to view web sites
• a unique numerical code used to identify computers on a network
• A website that provides a search engine for gathering and reporting information available on the internet
• a collection of 2 or more computers all interconnected

DNS (domain name system) is

• A chunk of data sent over a network
• A service that connects a domain name to an IP address
• A website that provides a search engine for gathering and reporting information available on the internet
• A set of rules governing the transmission of data between devices

A set of rules governing the transmission of data between devices

• TCP/IP (Transform Corridor Protocol / Internet Protocol)

• TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)

• TCP/IP (Transmit Coding Protocol / Internet Protocol)

• TCP/IP (Triangle Corridor Proton/ Internet Proton)