Networks Vocabulary

A philosophy of making information and knowledge open and accessible to ALL. A network built on open, agreed upon protocols.

• Bitrate

• Networks

• Internet

• Latency

A widely agreed upon set of rules that standardize communication between machines

• Protocol

• Packets

• Routing

• Bandwidth

Science that harnesses the power of many individuals to solve hard, complex problems.

• Internet

• Citizen Science

• HyperText Transfer Protocol

• Domain Name System (DNS)

A group of 2 or more computer systems linked together.

• Bitrate

• Packets

• Redundancy

• Networks

Able to send bits from router to router across long distances, but they are very expensive.

• Bandwidth

• Fiber optic cables

• Citizen Science

• Routing

The amount of Data transferred in a system. Measured by bitrate.

• Routing

• Packets

• Bitrate

• Internet Protocol

The capacity of data transfer in a system. Measured by bitrate.

• Latency

• Internet

• Bitrate

• Bandwidth

A protocol that defines the structure of an Internet address and assigns a unique address to every device on the Internet.

• Internet Protocol

• Domain Name System (DNS)

• Packets

• Redundancy

The latency of a system is the time it takes for a bit to travel from sender to receiver. Fiber optic cables have low latency

• Networks

• Internet

• Packets

• Latency

Used to translate domain names into IP addresses.

• Fiber optic cables

• Domain Name System (DNS)

• HyperText Transfer Protocol

• Citizen Science