Networks and Internet

Question 1

What is the internet

Answer 1

A global network of networked computers

Question 2

What is the World Wide Web

Answer 2

It is the collection of web pages and sites that are held on the internet

Question 3

What is a web browser

Answer 3

It is a piece of software that displays or reads the content of the web pages and uses HTML code

Question 4

What is an intranet

Answer 4

It is a private website that can only be accessed by members of an organisation or employees of a company that have been given access through an username and password to a private site

Question 5

What is an extranet

Answer 5

It is a website that allows limited access to external bodies e.g customers, suppliers etc who can access only the areas that are specific to them and can only view or edit their own details. They must have a username and password that allows and gives the correct access.

Question 6

Peer to Peer networks

Answer 6

It is a network of computers of up to 20 machines that are linked together through wired or wireless connection. They can share data but all programs are loaded on each machine.

Question 7

Client Server networks

Answer 7

This is a network were large numbers of computers are linked through a server or serves using Ethernet, fibre optic or UTP unshielded Twisted Pair cabling

Question 8

What is a Wireless network

Answer 8

It uses radio waves same as TV, radio and mobile phone to make a link it uses Wi-Fi. They are used in hotels, libraries, coffee shops, airports etc for general use.

Question 9

What is VoIP

Answer 9

This stands for Voice over Internet protocols and allows people to speak, video conference over the internet using appropriate software