Google Technical Support: Networking

Question 1

Fiber Optic Technology

Answer 1

transmits information as pulses of light through strands of fiber made of glass or plastic over long distances

Question 2

Acronym: URL

Answer 2

Uniform Resource Locator

Question 3

This part of the URL contains the name of the website and is usually between https:// and .com

Answer 3

Domain Name

Question 4

a term meaning the interconnection of computers

Answer 4

computer network

Question 5

Acronym:

IP

Answer 5

Internet Protocol

Question 6

This organization regulates the registration of domain names

Answer 6

ICANN

Question 7

networking hardware that uses packet switching to receive and forward data only to the device(s) to which it is addressed

Answer 7

Network Switch

Question 8

the Web

Answer 8

the information on the Internet

Question 9

5 Rules of Network Protocol

Hint: E-RUSIAN! Ahhh!

Answer 9

Packets of data must be:

1. Efficiently-routed
2. Delivered uncorrupted
3. Delivered securely
4. Delivered to intended address
5. Named appropriately`

Question 10

This type of protocol is responsible for delivering packets to the correct device

Answer 10

Internet Protocol

Question 11

the Internet

Answer 11

the physical connection of computers and wires around the world

Question 12

Acronym: DNS

Answer 12

Domain Name System

Question 13

Acronym:

MAC

Answer 13

Media Access Control

Question 14

Router

Answer 14

connects multiple devices and routes network traffic according to network protocols

Question 15

A directory protocol that translates domain names into IP addresses

Answer 15

DNS

Question 16

This is a general set of rules for how data is transferred in a network

Answer 16

Network Protocol

Question 17

This part of transmitted data is the actual message meant to be delivered

Answer 17

Payload

Question 18

Ethernet cable

Answer 18

physical cable to connect to a network

Question 19

This type of protocol is responsible for reliable delivery of data between different networks

Answer 19

Transmission Control Protocol

Question 20

This networking hardware connects multiple Ethernet devices together; largely obsolete, having been replaced by network switches

Answer 20

Repeater/Ethernet Hub

Question 21

Acronym: ICANN

Answer 21

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Question 22

A method of grouping data that is transmitted over a digital network into packets

Answer 22

Packet switching

Question 23

A formatted unit of data consisting of control information and the payload

Answer 23

Network packet

Question 24

Definition:

IP Address

Answer 24

a unique identifying number used by a device to communicate with servers

Question 25

Acryonym: TCP

Answer 25

Transmission Control Protocol

Question 26

Fiber Optic Cable

Answer 26

a bundle of optical fibers that is capable of transmitting more data over longer distances and faster than other mediums

Question 27

Definition:

MAC address

Answer 27

a unique identifier that is permanently hard-coded into a device

Question 28

This type of supplemental data is placed at the beginning of a block of data that is being stored or transmitted

Answer 28

Header (in the context of IT)

Question 29

networking (in the context of IT)

Answer 29

managing, building, and designing computer networks