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Mobile CSP Unit 2
Terms used in Mobile CSP Unit 2 activities
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Internet | the underlying global network that supports the WWW and many other applications. It consists of many different local networks connected together by various hardware devices. A global public network of independent, autonomous networks governed by TCP/IP. |
| HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol | the set of rules that governs the WWW application. |
| WWW - World Wide Web | a system of interlinked resources -- documents, images, sounds, videos, data files -- that are stored on the Internet and can be accessed through a browser. An application of interlinked web pages based on the HTTP protocol. |
| Tim Berners-Lee | invented the World Wide Web (WWW). |
| Berners-Lee | felt the WWW brought the Internet to a higher level of abstraction. |
| Protocol | a system of rules that govern the behavior of some system. |
| Browser | a program that displays web pages and is used to navigate the WWW. |
| TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) | the suite a protocols that determine the behavior of the Internet. |
| International Engineering Task Force (IETF) | they develop and oversee open standards such as HTTP (www) and SMTP (mail) |
| Open Standard | a standard (such as TCP, HTTP) that is not owned or controlled by a private entity. It stands in contrast to 'proprietary' materials', which are owned or controlled by a private entity. They fuel the growth of the Internet! |
| the Cloud | a popular term for the Internet and its applications used largely in marketing and advertising. |
| Cloud Applications | Internet applications like Facebook, Google, Twitter, Dropbox and App Inventor |