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Big Idea 6, Part 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| IP | Delivers packets (Using a routing function) to the destination using IP addresses and packet headers. Defines the addressing method used to encapsulate data. |
| TCP | Provides reliable, ordered, and error-checked stream of packets. |
| DNS | The service that translates URLs to IP addresses. |
| IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) | Develops and promotes voluntary Internet standards and protocols, in particular the standards that comprise the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP). |
| Internet | A group of computers and servers that are connected to each other. |
| IP Address | A number assigned to any item that is connected to the Internet. |
| Packets | Small chunks of information that have been carefully formed from larger chunks of information. |
| Protocol | A set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices. |
| Router | A type of computer that forwards data across a network |
| HTTP | The protocol used for transmitting web pages over the Internet |
| URL | An easy-to-remember address for calling a web page (like www.code.org) |
| End-to-End Architecture | This is a decentralized structure where much of the processes occur at the ends, rather than between nodes. This makes it difficult to stop the internet since there is not one localized headquarters. |