ICT1 Communications Vocabulary

a piece of information

• Packet

• Client

• Cloud

• DNS

•a single user computer

• cloud

• ip address

• Client

• tcp/ip

•storage space on the Internet that anyone can use or access

• Webpage

• tcp/ip

• dns

• cloud

•reconciles the IP address of a Web site with its common name URL

• dns

• ip address

• cloud

•a process that enables a user to mouse click a “link” on a Web page and that link will take them to another location on that page, another Web page or even another Web site

• world wide web

• wifi

• client

• hyperlink

•connection of millions of devices all around the world based on TCP/IP

• internet

• tcp/ip

• dns

• cloud

•the unique numerical number assigned to each device that is attached to the Internet

• tcp/ip

• dns

• cloud

• ip address

• device used to connect a computer or server to an ISP

• network

• modem

• url

• browser

– a group of 2 or more computers connected together to share information or resources

• network

• internet

• hyperlink

• client

•any computer that 2 or more devices can connect and exchange data or resources with at the same time

• internet

• server

• tcp/ip

• world wide web