Networks Lesson 1 re-cap

The Internet is ?

• All the Hardware and infrastructure needed for the World wide web

• Where we look up things

• The technical name for all the web pages, sites and services online

• Very old

What does the yellow section of the web address show

• Where in the world it is from

• The company or organisation

• The type of file it is

• Its a childrens site

What is the World Wide Web

• The hardware needed to connect to the internet

• All the content hosted on the internet

• A giant spiders web

• The servers storing things online

What is a domain name ?

• Where certain things live

• An email address

• It shows where the address is from

• It shows where the page is stored

What is http

• The internet

• A link

• A protocol

• A nickname

What is packet switching

• Data goes all together and switches routes

• Data is put in packets and sent the same way

• The network switch

• Data is spilt into parts and sent the quickest way

What is an ip address

• Its made for hackers

• It recieves special post

• Its the same for everyones computer

• It is a unique number that identifies you

What is a DNS server

• It serves dinner

• It stores all your work on it

• It matches your web address to the correct IP address

• It is hardware on your computer

The first undersea cable was laid in.........?

• 1948

• 1799

• 1858

• 1910

When do you think the first email was sent ?

• 1971

• 1981

• 2001

• 1965