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What does the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) do?

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It is responsible for the technical standards that make up the Internet protocol suite.

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What is bandwidth?

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The maximum amount of data that can be sent in a fixed amount of time

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What is the function of a router?

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To forward data across a network

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What is the purpose of the Internet Protocol (IP)?

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To set rules for routing and addressing packets of data

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What do SSL and TLS provide?

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Encryption to protect data sent over the internet or a computer network

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What is a path in a network?

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The series of connections between computing devices on a network starting with a sender and ending with a receiver

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What is a protocol in computing?

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An agreed-upon set of rules that specify the behavior of some system

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What is a packet in networking?

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A chunk of data sent over a network

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What is the purpose of packet metadata?

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To help route packets through the network

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What is UDP used for?

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Fast transmission of information with minimal error checking