Networking Flashcards
What protocol is the primary infrastructure that creates the Internet?
TCP/IP
What is the limitation of the IPv4 protocol?
We reached its maximum capacity (>2³² devices)
What invention allows people to share more information than just text on the internet?
The World Wide Web.
How are IPv4 limitations been solved?
Using NAT and implementing IPv6 protocol.
What is ARPANET?
The earliest version of the modern Internet, created by DARPA
What is COPPA?
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, regulation on what we show to children under 13.
What are clients?
A device that receives data from a Server.
What is DARPA?
A US government project in the 1960s.
What is a Domain Name?
A website name, that serves as a human readable address instead of IP (machine address, in bits).
What is DNS?
Domain Name System, a global and highly distributed network service that links text, into an IP address.
What is ICANN
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. Is where the website names are registered.
What is IPv4?
Is the Internet Protocol version 4, an address for networks, consists of a 32 bits separated into 4 groups.
What is IPv6?
Is the Internet Protocol version 6, an address for networks, consists of a 128 bits separated into 4 groups.
What is MAC address?
A Globally unique ID attached to an individual network interface (basically the physical device). Consists of a 48 bit number normally represented by 6 groupings of two hexadecimal numbers.
What are Networking Protocols?
A set of rules for how we transfer data in a network.
What is a Network Stack?
A set of hardware or software that provides the infrastructure for a computer.
What is a router?
A device that knows how to forward data between independent networks.
What is TCP?
Transmission Constrol Protocol, a protocol that handles the delivery of information between networks.
What is a URL?
Uniform Resource Locator, a web address similar to a home address. Is the string linked to a machine by the DNS.
You are having trouble connecting to the Internet, so you call your Service Provider for help. They need to know the permanent unique identifier address of your specific device so they can help troubleshoot it. What address are they asking for?
MAC Address.
What protocol is responsible for delivering packets to the right computers?
IP
What was the biggest problem with the earliest version of the Internet in the late 1960s?
Networks couldn’t talk to each other.
Which tool lets organizations use many private addresses within one public IP address?
Network Address Translation (NAT)
