Networking & the Internet

Data is...

• individual pieces
• individual pieces of information 
• info
• pieces of paper

Data packets are...

• packets of sweets
• single packets
• single package that travels along a network path 
• things that travel along a network path

A computer network is ___ connected together.

• One computer
• Two or more
• Three or more
• Four or more

An advantages of  network is

• Users can see each others areas
• Servers may crash, so no work can be done
• Users can share resources like printers and files
• Viruses can spread easily

High network traffic can lead to...

• data packet collisions
• more users on a network
• faster transmissions of data
• packets only being sent once

Routers...

• link computers together
• connect different networks together
• convert data into wireless signals
• create unique MACs

An IP address

• a computer using a LAN
• uniquely identifies a computer using the internet

Protocols are

• different sets of rules for transferring data
• sets of instructions for walking along a path 
• different sets of rules for getting the bus 
• sets of information for information

What is Packet switching? 

• Switching numbers and letters to the correct order
• Breaking up a file into small pieces and putting those pieces back together at their destination
• Breaking a box and throwing the pieces along a pathway
• throwing pieces of data along a path

Which piece of information below WOULD NOT be included in a data packet

• Number of Packets
• Address
• Data
• Paper