AP CSP Unit 2 Vocab

A type of computer that forwards data across a network

• Bandwidth

• Packet

• Router

• Protocol

The unique number assigned to each device on the Internet.

• Packet

• Protocol

• IP Address

• Bandwidth

a system of linked pages, programs, and files

• Intranet

• Computing Device

• Protocol

• World Wide Web

TCP is used when accuracy matters more -- emails, photos, browsing websites.

UDP is when split seconds matter -- video conferencing, live streaming, online gaming.

• The Domain Name System (DNS)

• Computing System

• Give real life examples of when TCP is used and real life examples of when UDP is used.

• Computing network

A protocol for sending packets quickly with minimal error-checking and no resending of dropped

packets

• User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

• Internet protocol (ip)

• Transmission Control Protocol (tcp)

• Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http)

differing access to computing devices and the Internet, based on socioeconomic, geographic, or

demographic characteristics.

• Digital Darwinism

• Digital Subscriber

• Computing Device

• Digital Divide

A chunk of data sent over a network. Larger messages are divided into packets that may arrive at

the destination in order, out-of-order, or not at all.

• Path

• Packet

• Router

• Protocol

the system responsible for translating domain names like example.com into IP addresses

• The Domain Name System (DNS)

• A digital certificate

• The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http)

• World wide web

the maximum amount of data that can be sent in a fixed amount of time, usually measured in bits

per second.

• Redundancy

• Bandwidth

• Scalability

• Packet

a group of interconnected computing devices capable of sending or receiving data.

• Computing network

• Computing system

• Computing device

• Path