Computer Flashcards
This comes from the term “internetworking,” and it is the publicly accessible worldwide system of interconnected computer networks that allows users to exchange and retrieve information.
Internet
It is a scheme for connecting two or more distinct computer networks together.
Internetworking
Computers connected to the Internet transfer data and information around the world using this.
Client-server structure
It is a computer that can access the contents of the storage area on the server and may include programs, data, and other resources.
Client
It is a computer that manages the resources on a network and the central storage areas for programs and data.
Server
This is a set of rules and procedures that govern the exchange of information among computers connected to a network.
protocol
It is the most widely used internetworking protocol suite that allows any pair of hosts on the Internet to communicate directly despite differences in hardware technologies used.
TCP/IP Internet Protocol
It is a set of rules for exchanging files like text, graphic images, sounds, videos, and other multimedia files.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http)
It is commonly used to transfer web page files from their creator to the computer that acts as their server for everyone on the Internet.
File Transfer Protocol (ftp)
It is used in sending and receiving email, but is mostly used in sending emails.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
This is the most recent version of a standard for receiving email.
Post Office Protocols 3 (POP3)
It is a string of numbers separated by periods and is expressed as a set of four numbers.
IP address
It is the name of the server that provides services given by the organization or the company that owns it.
Server name
This describes the category or the type of organization that owns the server.
Top-level domain
This originally stood for “commercial” to indicate a suite used for commercial purposes, but it has since become the most well-known top-level domain and is now used for any kind of site.
.com
used for educational institutions like universities
.edu
used for government sites
.gov
used for military sites
.mil
It was originally intended for sites related to the Internet itself but is now used for a wide variety of sites.
.net
originally intended for non-commercial “organizations”, but now used for a wide variety of sites; managed by the Internet Society
.org
This describes the geographical location of the company that owns the server.
Country domain
It is the country domain for United Arab Emirates.
.ae
Austria
.at
Australia
.au
Barbados
.bb
Bermuda
.bm
Brazil, Canada, Switzerland, Thailand, Chile, United States, Philippines
.br, .ca, .ch, .th, .cl, .us, .ph
Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom
.it, .jp, .my, .sg, .tw, .uk
It contains all the resources and users on the Internet that are using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
World wide web
He developed the web by writing a small computer program for his own personal use that allowed pages within his computer to be linked together using keywords.
Dr. Tim Berners-Lee
It is an application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web.
Browser
These are two of the most popular web browsers.
Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome