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Structure of the Internet

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Internet   A network of computer networks and computers using unique IP addresses and TCP/IP  
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Gateway   Connects networks that use different network protocols  
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Router   Connects networks that use the same link layer protocol  
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IP address   A unique address that identifies a computer of other electronic devices on a network  
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WWW (World Wide Web)   A system of hyperlinked text documents accessed via the Internet  
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Intranet   A private computer network used to share information or operations within an organisation  
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Domain name   A name that identifies one or more IP addresses  
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What does FQDN stand for?   Fully qualified domain name  
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What does a FQDN consist of?   Host ID and domain name  
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DNS server   A server that translates FQDNs into IP addresses  
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What does URL stand for?   Uniform Resource Locator  
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What is a URL?   A URI that identifies a resource by its network location  
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What does URI stand for?   Uniform resource identifier  
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What does a URI do?   Specifies how to access a resource on the Internet  
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Server   A software process that provides a service requested by a client  
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Client   A software process that requests and uses the services provided by a server  
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Client-server model   A client software process initiates a request for a service from a server software process, and the server responds to that request  
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Protocol   A set of agreed signals, codes and rules for data exchange between systems  
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Protocol Stack   A collection of protocol layers where each layer is responsible for part of the process governed by the stack  
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Name the parts of the TCP/IP protocol stack from top to bottom   Application layer, transport layer, network layer and link layer  
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Port   An address for a software process  
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Socket   A combination of a host IP address and a port number  
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Bidirectional   Data passes both ways at the same time  
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Client port numbers   Temporary port numbers used by client processes. They lie in the range 1024 to 4095  
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Well-known port numbers   Universally known port numbers used by servers. They lie in the range 0 to 1023  
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What does the TCP or Transport layer do?   Connects hosts, detects errors, retransmits packets and detects if a connection is broken  
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Network layer   Adds and removes source and destination IP addresses from packets  
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Link layers   Handles all the physical details of interfacing with the cable  
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Application layer   Handles the details of a particular networking application  
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What ports does FTP use and what are they used for?   Port 20 for file transfer data Port 21 for file transfer control (commands)  
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What ports does a web server use?   80 and 8080  
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What port does a SMTP server use?   25  
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What port does a POP3 server use?   110  
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What port does a Telnet server use?   23  
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