4.1 Internet Questions

Question 1

What is APARNET?

Answer 1

The first NETS that we had. Before the internet.

Question 2

How is data sent back and forth between computers?

Answer 2

Through packets

Question 3

What is a Packet?

Answer 3

Data sent over network that includes source and destination.

Question 4

How do computers communicate? (How do we get the packets to each computer?)

Answer 4

Through a computer system

Question 5

What is a computer system?

Answer 5

A GROUP of devices and programs working together for a purpose.

Question 6

True or False

A computer network IS NOT a type of computer system.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

True or False

Packet switching is when the packets are broken up in ANY ORDER and sent to the recipient’s device

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What is a path?

Answer 8

A path is a SEQUENCE between two computer devices on a computer network that begins at the sender and ends at the receiver.

Question 9

What is a Router or Routing?

Answer 9

Helps the computer find the path for the packets to travel from sender to receiver.

Question 10

True or False

Bandwidth is the LEAST amount of data that can be sent at in a fixed amount of time on a network.

Answer 10

FALSE

Its the MOST or MAXIMUM amount of data.

Question 11

How is bandwidth measured?

Answer 11

Bits per second

Question 12

What is a Computer Device?

Answer 12

A physical artifact that can run a program.

Example: Computer, tablets, servers, routers, smart phones.