MISY – Internet 1 & 2

network of network that connects billions of computer users globally

World Wide Web; subset of the Internet dedicated to broadcasting HTML pages and the means by which we access information over the Internet

computer that receives the request and returns the data to the client

computer that asks for data

Internet Protocol; set of 4 numbers separated by the periods; means by which computers connected to the Internet identify each other

to check if website is secure, make sure http:// changes to https://

transactions occur when a business buys and sells goods and services to other businesses

transactions take place between businesses and consumers

transactions occur when consumers sell to each other through sites such as eBay, Craigslist and Etsy

allows you to view web pages, i.e.

Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.

websites address; Uniform Resource Locator; comprised of several parts protocol, domain, top-level domain, and paths (or subdirectories)

set of rules used to retrieve the document

protocol that allows files to be transferred from a web server so that you can see it on your computer

used when you have large files to upload or download

identifies the site's host, the location that maintains the computers that store the website files

suffix in the domain name after the dot

constantly collects data on the web, following links in websites and reading web pages

main paths of the internet along which data travels the fastest; collection of large national and international networks

Computing devices or networks connect to Internet using these

Used by service providers to connect directly to each other, reducing cost and latency time

Bank of routers and switches through which many users can connect simultaneously

clients are devices such as computers, tablets, and smartphones that use browsers to request services such as web pages

a dedicated connection is formed between two points (i.e. two people on phones), and connection remains active for the duration of the transmission

communications methodology that makes computer communication efficient; does not require a dedicated communications circuit to be maintained; data is broken into smaller chunks

Responsible for preparing data for transmission, but IP actually sends data between computers on the Internet

Created for transfer of hypertext documents across the internet (hypertext documents have text that is linked to other documents or media)

Used to transfer computer files from one host to another over a TCP based network

Responsible for sending e-mail along the Internet to its destination; part of IP suite

Belongs to TCP/IP suite; takes a pool of IP addresses and shares them with hosts on the network on an as-needed basis; assigns each user an IP address for the duration of the session

computer is assigned a temporary address from an available pool of IP addresses; more common

means IP address for a computer never changes and is most likely assigned manually by a network administrator or an ISP

acts as phone book for Internet; enable computer to find out the IP address of a domain by looking up its corresponding domain name

knows location of DNS servers that contain master listings for TLD