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| A network of networks - global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol (TCP/IP) to serve several billion users |
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| Point of Presence - an access point from one place to the rest of the Internet. Your Internet service provider (ISP) has a point-of-presence on the Internet. |
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| Network Access Point - Major Internet interconnection points that serve to tie all the Internet access providers together so that, for example, an AT&T user in Ireland can reach the Web site of a Bell South customer in Miami, Florida. |
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| A host end device connected to a server over a network. E.g PC, Laptop, Games Console, Smart Phone, |
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| A central device on a network which could process, email, web, files, printing, games, media. |
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| Network device which connects network to network, e.g. LAN to a WAN or WAN to WAN |
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| A backbone is a larger transmission line that carries data gathered from smaller lines that interconnect with it. E.g transatlantic - typically a fiber optic link. |
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| Broadband refers to telecommunication in which a wide band of frequencies is available to transmit information. Data, voice, video on one fast line. Also referred as DSL |
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| Wifi short for "wireless fidelity" is a term for certain types of wireless local area network (WLAN) that use the 802.11 protocol. |
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| Older telephone network designed to carry voice. Data can be transmitted, but is very slow. |
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| Internet Protocol (IP) is the method or protocol by which data is sent from one computer to another on the Internet. Each computer (known as a host) on the Internet has at least one IP address that uniquely identifies it from all other computers on the Internet. |
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| TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) |
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| TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is a set of rules (protocol) used along with the Internet Protocol (IP) to send data in the form of message units between computers over the Internet. |
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| File Transfer Protocol - Internet protocol for transmitting files between computers on the Internet. Commonly used to transfer Web page files from their creator to the computer that acts as their server. |
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| Internet Service Provider - a company that provides individuals and other companies access to the Internet and other related services such as Web site building and email, video streaming.... |
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| The MAXIMUM amount of data that can be carried from one point to another in a given time period (usually a second). This kind of bandwidth is usually expressed in bits (of data) per second (bps), mbps, gbps. |
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| The actual amount of data that is transmitted in a period of time. ALWAYS smaller than bandwidth. measured in bits per second, bps, mbps,gbps. |
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| The actual amount of data that is transmitted in a period of time. ALWAYS smaller than bandwidth. measured in bits per second, bps, mbps,gbps. |
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