Unit 4 Vocabulary - AP CSP

a computer network that uses open protocols to standardize communication.

• The Internet

• Computing System

• Computing Device

• Word Wide Web

a computer that passes information from one network to another.

• Router

• Server

ISPs (Internet Service Providers) are the companies that sell Internet access to homes and institutions. Select all those below that are ISPs.

• Comcast

• google.com

• AT&T

• Apple

• Microsoft

________ is the maximum amount of data that can be sent in a fixed amount of time (for digital data, it is measured in bits per second). Higher _______ is better because the data will travel more quickly.

the process of finding a path from sender to receiver.

• Routing

• Scalability

• Redundancy

• Fault tolerance

the ability of a system to work around problems.

• Routing

• Scalability

• Redundancy

• Fault tolerance

the inclusion of backup elements in case one part fails.

• Routing

• Scalability

• Redundancy

• Fault tolerance

Which protocol guarantees that packets arrive successfully?

• IP

• TCP

• DNS

• SSL

A ______ is a small chunk of any kind of data (text, numbers, lists, etc) and metadata (information about the data) that is passed through the Internet as a data stream.

The process of encoding data to prevent unauthorized access.

• Encryption

• Decryption

• Public key encryption

• Symmetric encryption