Ch 7 Flashcards
what year was ARPA developed and by who
1958
president eisenhower
what connects smaller networks around the world
galatic network
what is a communicatin system that had multiple pathways through which info could travel
ARPAnet
CSNET stands for
comp science network
CSNET was developed in
1979 by the NSF
CSNET was brought online in
1981
CSNET was made to
connect the comp science dept at universities using ARPAnet
what gave other academic disciplines access to supercomputing centers and connecting smaller networks together
NSFnet
what was the primary internet backbone in 1980
NSFnet
what is the high speed connection between networks
internet backbone
in 1995 the internet backbone was
privatized
what does NAPS stand for
network access points
NAPS made up the new
backbone
NAPS were established in
chicago, new Jersey, San francisco, San Jose, and Washington DC
what is the backbone of todays internet
internet exchange point
what is the physical entity that is a network of comp networks
internetw
what is one way that info moves on the network
world wide web
what is a text that contains link to other other texts or objects such as images
hypertext
what can enable you to navigate through pieces of info by clicking links or hyperlinks that connect them
hypertext
what is a program that interprets HTML to display webpages
web browser
what is designed for education, research, and collaboration
internet2
what is the backbone of internet 2
fiber
internet 2 compare to internet is
faster and less prone to corruption
ISPS stands for
internet service providers
ISPs are companies that offer
internet access
what is the data transfer rate of a network
bandwidth
what is a regular phone line that connects to the internet
dial up
dial up maxes out at
56 kbps
dial up ties up your
phone line while your online
anything over 25 Mbps is
broadband
what is offered by your cable tv provider and uses the same wires to carry both signals
cable internet access
what is the drawback of cable internet access
you share the cable and bandwidth with your neighbor
DSL stands for
digital subscriber line
what is a drawback of DSL
distance limitations
what is technologies that use telephone lines to carry digital signals
DSL
what is the fastest broadband alternative
fiber to the home FTTH
what can carry internet, tv, and phone calls to your hoe over fiber optic cable and is available in limited areas
fiber to the home FTTH
what is the primary fiber optic service
verizon
satellite internet access is more
global and expensive
what is a drawback for satellite internet access
weather conditions can affect your service
geosynchronous satellites match
the Earth’s rotation
what uses radio waves to provide wireless high speed network connections
wifi
what are wireless access points that are available in many public locations either free or for a fee
hotspots
HTML stands for
hypertext markup language
what is the authoring language that defines the structure of a web page
HTML
what is the 1st web browser
Mosaic in 1993
what is a program that interprets HTML to display webpages
web browser
what provides a means to navigagte back and forward through browsed webpages
navigation buttons
what contains the web address of the current webpage
address bar
what enables you to have multiple web pages open in tabs
tabbed browsing
what is the browser that opens links you clock from locations such as your desktop, email messages, and links in documents
default browser
what are small text files placed on your comp by websites you visit
cookies
what prevents webpages from opening a new windo
popup blocker
plug in is a
3rd party program
add on are created for a specific
browser to add features to it
what gives you quick access to the features of the application that instilled it
browser toolbar
what is a protocol that tells your comp what type of page your looking at
http
what represent the comp on the google domain
world wide web
www is called the
3rd level domain or subdomian
domain is the
2nd level domain
the domain in Google.com
is google
the top level domain in Google.com
is .com
the top level domain represents the
type of website your visiting
the domain represents a company or product name
that makes the address easy to remember
ICANN is the
internet coporation for assigned names and number
ICANN coordinates the
Internet naming system
IP addresses is
internet protocol address
what is a unique numeric address assigned to each node on a network
IP address
DNS is the
domain name system
what enables you to use a friendly name instead of an IP address to contact a website
DNS
DNS works like a
telephone directly
