Internet Unit Test Review

a machine that can run a program, including computers, tablets, servers, routers, and smart sensors

• Computing device

• Computing system

• Computing network

• Server

a group of computing devices and programs working together for a common purpose

• Computing device

• Computing system

• Path

• Computing network

the series of connections between computing devices on a network starting with a sender and ending with a receiver.

• Path

• Computing system

• Computing network

• Bandwidth

a group of interconnected computing devices capable of sending or receiving data

• Computing system

• Computing network

• Path

• Supercomputer

the maximum amount of data that can be sent in a fixed amount of time, usually measured in bits per second

• Bandwidth

• Protocol

• Capacity

• Flux

An agreed-upon set of rules that specify the behavior of some system

• Protocol

• IP

• HTTP

• IP Address

The unique number assigned to each device on the Internet

• IP Address

• MAC Address

• DNS

• HTTP

a protocol for sending data across the Internet that assigns unique numbers (IP addresses) to each connected device

• IP

• HTTP

• TCP

• UDP

A type of computer that forwards data across a network

• server

• transformer

• router

• protocol

the inclusion of extra components so that a system can continue to work even if individual components fail

• fault tolerance

• abstraction

• redundancy

• decomposition