Chapter 13: Networking: Connecting Computing Devices
What is packet switching?
A communications methodology that makes computer communication efficient; in packet switching, data is broken into smaller chunks called packets
What does a data packet contain?
An address to which the packet is being sent The address from where the packet originates The data that's being transmitted, and Reassembly instructions, if the original data is split between multiple packets
what is ftp?
File Transfer Protocol, a protocol used to upload and download files from one computer to another over the Internet
what is https?
Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure , the internet protocol that ensures data is being sent securely over the web
what is http?
Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the protocol that allows files to be transferred from a web server so that you can see them on your computer by using a browser
what is IP
Internet Protocol and responsible for sending the information from one computer to another
What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
Is a term for the explosive growth of Internet-enabled devices The interconnection of uniquely identifiable embedded computing devices that transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction
What is the Internet backbone?
The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows
what is TCP?
Transmission Control Protocol One of the original two protocols developed for the Internet
what is client-side application?
a program that runs on the client computer and that requires no interaction with a web server
what is server-side program?
a type of program that runs on a web server rather than on a computer
what is a IPv6
an internet protocol (IP) addressing scheme that makes IP addresses longer, thereby providing more available addresses
what is a commerce server?
computers that host software that enables users to buy goods and services over the web.
what is a web server?
computers that run specialized operating systems, enabling them to host web pages and other information and to provide requested information to clients
what is dynamic IP addresses?
in which your computer is assigned a temporary address from an available pool of IP addresses, is more common
what is static IP addresses?
means that the IP address for a computer never changes and is most likely assigned manually by a network administrator or an ISP
what is public keys?
the key for coding distributed to the psublic in public-key encryption
what is private-keys?
the key for decoding retained as private in public-key encryption
what is ICAAN and what are they responsible for?
the organization that registers internet protocol addresses to ensure they're unique and haven't been assigned to other users
what is a IPv4?
the original internet protocol addressing scheme, created in 1981
what is encryption?
the process of coding e-mail so that only the person with the key to the code (the intended recipient) can decode the message
