Networks Flashcards

Learn the important terms for networks

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internet

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a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

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World Wide Web

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a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the internet

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server

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a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the “clients”

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common server software

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printing, file sharing, game hosting, websites

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client

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an application or system that accesses a service made available by a server

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common examples of clients

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web browser page requests, chat systems on mobile phones, online games

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process of a web server delivering a web page to a client

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  1. the client sends a web request to the web server for a web page
  2. the server fetches the page items from secondary storage
  3. the server sends the page data back to the client
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