The internet started as - correct answer a government project
The internet is - correct answer a series of connected computers that still functions if a piece is removed
network of networks
How is the internet broken...
The internet started as - correct answer a government project
The internet is - correct answer a series of connected computers that still functions
if a piece is removed
network of networks
How is the internet broken up? - correct answer Servers
Clients
Servers - correct answer Computers connected directly to the wire
All data is hosted on a server
"Serve" others
Clients - correct answer Computers that connect to servers for info
Connected via ISP (Internet Service Provider ex. Northland)
Your laptop
URL - correct answer Uniform Resource Locator
Each represents an IP address and makes access more convenient
IP Address - correct answer Identifies 1 server on the internet
DNS Servers - correct answer Domain Name Servers
A few store all the URLs paired with IP addresses
, Others have limited records
Can communicate with each other for missing info
How do URLs relate to IP addresses and DNS servers? - correct answer Ex: Type in
facebook.com
- your computer connects to nearest DNS server
-DNS responds to request w/ location (ip address)
-your computer establishes a connection through the internet to the server associated w/ that address
-the server responds and send the data and your browser interprets to display the webpage
Requests - correct answer Moves across many servers on the journey to its
destination
Always keeps info on how to return to origin
Protocol - correct answer Make communication between computers effective and
controllable
What makes communication possible-everyone must use the same rules
HTTP
FTP
HTTP - correct answer Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Regulates how data about webpages is organized and passed from one computer to another
FTP - correct answer File transfer protocol
Regulates how files are downloaded to ensure files are in-tact and understandable on other end
HTML - correct answer Hypertext Markup Language
The primary content on a page
CSS - correct answer Cascading Style Sheet
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