Networking Basics

Question 1

Internet

Answer 1

The physical connection of computers and wires around the world

Question 2

The web

Answer 2

The information on the internet

Question 3

Eternity cable

Answer 3

Let’s you physically connect to the network through a cable

Question 4

Wifi

Answer 4

Wireless networking. We connect through wireless networks through radio and antennas

Question 5

Router

Answer 5

Connects lots of different devices together and helps route network traffic

Question 6

Network stack

Answer 6

A set of hardware or software that provides the infrastructure for a computer

Question 7

Transmission control protocol
TCP

Answer 7

Delivers info from one network to another

Question 8

Internet Protocol
IP

Answer 8

Responsible for delivering our packets to the right computers

Question 9

HTML
HyperText Markup Language

Answer 9

A coding language used by browsers. Websites are basically text that we format using this.

Question 10

Domain

Answer 10

A name for a website.

Question 11

DNS Domain Name System

Answer 11

Acts like the internet directory

Question 12

NAT
Network Address Translation

Answer 12

Let’s organizations use one public IP address

Question 13

IOT
Internet of things

Answer 13

Device that connects to the internet, gathers data and interacts with other devices.
Ex: smartphone, or any devices that can talk to each other.