Internet Vocabulary

What do you call the number assigned to every device that is connected to the Internet?

• IP Address

• Server

• Wi-Fi

www.computersciencerocks.com is an example of what?

• Packet

• IP Address

• Universal Resource Locator (URL)

What is the job of the Domain Name Service (DNS)?

• It translates Wi-Fi to Cable.

• The DNS translates URLs to IP Addresses.

• It remembers the name of the user.

Wi-Fi is a wireless signal that sends information using what type of waves?

• radio

• ocean

• micro

The Internet is ___________________________.

• a delicious dessert

• a power source

• a group of computers that are connected to one another

When you make a request on the Internet, your large message is broken into smaller chucks called _____________, which travel in various directions and are recombined by the receiving computer.

• packets

• URL

• Server

A computer that exists only to provide things for other computers is called a _____________.

• packet

• server

• IP Address

True or False: Two devices on the same network CAN have the same IP Address.

• True

• False

What is the difference between Wi-Fi and DSL/Cable?

• DSL/Cable is a wireless connection while Wi-Fi is a hard lined connection.

• Wi-Fi is a wireless connection to the Internet, while DSL/Cable is a hard lined connection.

• There is no difference. They are both the exact same.

What grade are you in?

• 6th Grade

• 7th Grade

• 8th Grade