Lesson 3

Question 1

– a number assigned to any item that is connected to the Internet

Answer 1

IP Address

Question 2

– the service that translates URLs to IP addresses

Answer 2

DNS (Domain Name Service)

Question 3

– an easy-to-remember address for calling a Web page

Answer 3

URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

Question 4

– a group of computers and servers that are connected to each other

Answer 4

Internet

Question 5

– computers that exist only to provide things to others

Answer 5

Servers

Question 6

– a connection that uses light to transmit information

Answer 6

Fiber Optic Cable

Question 7

– a wireless method of sending information using radio waves

Answer 7

Wi-Fi

Question 8

– a method of sending information using telephone or television cables

Answer 8

DSL/Cable

Question 9

– small chunks of information that have been carefully formed from larger chunks of information

Answer 9

Packets

Question 10

Every message we send through the Internet gets chopped up and each piece is wrapped in its own version of an envelope. We call those

Answer 10

Packets

Question 11

Even if you’re sending messages to another person, they first have to go to at least one “.”

Answer 11

server

Question 12

A. is a special computer that is supposed to be always on and ready to send and receive information.

Answer 12

server

Question 13

Servers don’t have names. They’re actually addressed using numbers. These numbers are called

Answer 13

IP addresses.