What is the Internet?

What is the internet?

• Is an electronic system that connects people using devices

• Is a network that can be activated with infrared power

• Is an interior network that controls all cellphone companies

Who does Vint Cerf say is in charge of the Internet?

• Elves

• T-Mobile

• Bill Gates

• Everbody & Nobody

How is a picture, text message, or email get sent from one place to another?

• It is converted to bits (1s and 0s) and then sent over wires by electricity, light, or radio waves.

• It is converted into words and then carried by delivery drones to the recipient.

• The Internet is a lot like the postal service the message is encoded in physical paper and mailed to the recipient.

How many bits is 1 byte?

• 8

• 10

• 2

• 100

How many bytes is a kilobyte?

• 10

• 100

• 1,000

• 8

How many kilobytes is a megabyte?

• 8

• 10

• 1,000

• 800

Choose all that are correct about a bit?

• The smallest unit of data that a computer can process and store.

• Known as the atoms of information.

• Called Binary Code because it is represented in 2 states (on or off).

• A large storage unit used to save entire files.

What is bandwidth?

• Maximum transmission capacity of a device measured by bit rate.

• Minimum transmission capacity of a device measured by bit rate.

• Maximum transmission capacity of a device measured by mega rate.

• Minimum transmission capacity of a device measured by mega rate.

What is latency?

• Time it takes for a bit to travel from one place to another.

• How big a file is when traveling from one place to another.

• The location a bit is coming from.

• The destination a bit is traveling to.

Which of these have a pro of costing less than the others but a con of signal loss ?

• Electricity through Wires

• Light Beams

• Radio Waves