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Internet Vocabulary

codeHS - Internet Unit

TermDefinition
Internet A global network of networks built on open, agreed upon protocols.
Protocol A widely agreed upon set of rules that standardize communication between machines.
Networks A group of two or more computer systems linked together.
Bandwidth The capacity of data transfer in a system. Measured by bit-rate.
Bitrate The number of bits a system can send per second.
Latency The time it takes for a bit to get from sender to receiver.
IP Address A protocol that defines the layout of an Internet address; Internet Protocol Address.
IPv6 A new 128 bit version of the Internet Protocol.
IETF An open community of engineers, designers, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution and smooth functioning of the Internet; Internet Engineering Task Force.
DNS Translates names to IP Addresses; Domain Name System.
Domain A name identifying a particular website.
Routing The process of sending data between two computers on the internet. The data is sent through routers that determine the route.
Redundancy Multiple paths that exist between two points; helps to improve reliability of routing systems.
Packets The units of data that are sent over the network; all data sent over the internet is broken down into these.
TCP A protocol that allows for sending multiple packets between two computers; checks that all packets arrived and that they can be put back together in the proper order; Transmission Control Protocol.
Metadata Information that identifies pieces of data or packets to help control the route of the data.
HTTP A protocol that standardizes the language for talking to web servers to send and receiving web resources; HyperText Transfer Protocol.
HTML A standardized system for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web pages; HyperText Markup Language.
URL An address identifying a resource/webpage that exists somewhere on the internet; Uniform Resource Locator.
PTOP Networks allowing people to share content; Peer to Peer Network.
DCMA Makes it illegal to circumvent anti piracy schemes in commercial software; Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Open Source Online applications and resources which are available to the general public with very few restrictions.
Censorship Restricting access to ideas and information.
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