Internet & networking

Data is

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  individual pieces

• 
  info

• 
  individual pieces of information 

• 
  pieces of packets

The internet is

• All the public websites and webpages

• A global network of billion computers

• It's a network that enable the messages to be passed between different networks

• Helps to connect all the computers to each other

Routers

• Links computers together

• Connect different networks

• Convert data into wireless signals

• Create a unique URL

An IP address

• 
  uniquely identifies a computer using the internet

• different sets of rules for transferring data

• Stands for Internet Protocol

• 
  a computer using a DNS

A computer network is ____ connected together .

• 
  One computer

• 
  Two or more

• 
  Four or more

An advantages of network is

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  Users can see each others areas

• 
  Users can share resources like printers and files

• 
  Servers may crash, so no work can be done

• 
  Viruses can spread easily

High network traffic can lead to...

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  data packet collisions

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  faster transmissions of data

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  more users on a network

• 
  packets only being sent once

What is Packet switching? 

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  Switching numbers and letters to the correct order

• Breaking a box and throwing the pieces along a pathway

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  Breaking up a file into small pieces and putting those pieces back together at their destination

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  throwing pieces of data along a path

Refers to your website address , it’s also unique and cannot be shared between different websites

(a)  

is a computer that runs all the websites. It's a computer program that distributes web pages as they are requisitioned.

(a)