Internet services and connections

A world wide computer network, consisting of computers, devices and networks that are linked using some form of communication.

• Broadband

• Network

• Internet

• WiFi

A network that is spread over a wide geographical area such as a city, country or even continents

• Local area network

• Wide area network

• Personal area network

• Home area network

A high speed, high bandwidth connection to the internet

• Wireless connection

• Cloud computing

• Long term evolution

• Broadband

Total amount of data that can be transferred from one point to another in a given period of time. Usually measured in Kilobits per second or megabits per second.

• Mobility

• Vice over protocol

• Bandwidth

• internet service provider

Criteria for choosing a type of internet connection

• Mobility, speed of line, cap, shaped/unshaped

• Mobility, speed of line, storage, shaped/unshaped

• Mobility, speed of line, cap, devices

• Mobility, speed of line, cap, ISP

The following is not an example of a wireless connection

• Fibre

• WiFi

• 3G

• Long term evolution

A company that has a permanent, fast connection to the internet and sells internet access and services to individuals or organisations

• Internet service provider

• Cloud computing

• Online storage

• File sharing

The following is not an example of an internet service

• Grid computing

• Government internet service

• WiFi

• VOIP

A technology that allows telephone calls to be made over LANs, WANs and the internet.

• FTP

• VOIP

• Cloud computing

• ISP

A service whereby the resources of different computers are shared and used at the same time to solved single problem.

• Video conferencing

• Skype

• Cloud computing

• Grid Computing