Internet/Web/Protocols Flashcards
LAN
local area network- within a small geographical area eg.school,home,office
Computer Network
allows allows computers and devices to share data.
PAN
personal area network-network communicating up to 10 meters between computers,phone,tablets and printers and speakers
WAN
Wide area network-Separate LANs over a large geographical area
network types
Peer to Peer
client to server
Peer to peer
Computers are simply connected together
Each computer acts as both a client and server.
Client server networks
In client server network there are two types:
1.Computers that control the access network
2.Computers which users work
WWW
The world wide web is a system of connected files hosted on the internet
Internet
a network of connected computers
What is the WWW a vast collection of
HTML,CSS,Javascript and other documents.With links to each other.
Communication protocol
a set of rules describing how to transmit data across a network
HTTP
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
HTTPS
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
IP
Internet Protocol