Section 10: The Internet Flashcards
Chapter 56:
What is an example of where the Internet is used without the World Wide Web?
Online Games,
Messaging platforms,
Smartphone apps.
Chapter 56:
What is the Physical Structure of the Internet?
Continents all have a Backbone that is joined by trans-continental leased lines across the sea bed.
National Internet Service Providers (ISPs) connect directly to the backbone and distribute the connection to smaller ISPs.
These smaller ISPs provide access to individuals’ homes and businesses.
Chapter 56:
What does URL stand for?
Uniform Resource Locator.
Chapter 56:
What does a URL do?
It is a full address for an Internet Resource.
It specifies the location of a resource, including the name and usually the file type, so that a browser can request it from the website server.
Chapter 56:
The URL has 4 main components.
What are they?
Method / Protocol.
Host.
Location.
Resource.
Chapter 56:
What are the different levels to the internet called?
[Who owns IP addresses, who distributes, who uses?]
Internet Registry,
Internet Registrar,
Internet Registrant.
Chapter 56:
What is an Internet Registry?
They control the allocations of IP addresses and domain names.
They allocate to ISPs.
Chapter 56:
What is an Internet Registrar?
Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
Businesses that sell IP addresses and domain names to customers.
Chapter 56:
What is an Internet Registrant?
A person, or company that registers a domain name.
Chapter 56:
What are the 5 Internet Registries?
Who are they all governed by?
All governed by [ICANN]
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
ARIN, LACNIC, RIPE NCC, AFRINIC, APNIC.
[ARIN]
American Registry for Internet Numbers (North America).
[LACNIC]
Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre (South America).
[RIPE NCC]
Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (Europe, Greenland, and all of Russia).
{Réseaux = “Network”} {Européens = “Europeans”}.
[AFRINIC]
African Network Information Centre (Africa).
[APNIC]
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (Asia and Oceania).
Chapter 56:
What does DNS stand for?
Domain Name System.
Chapter 56:
What does a Domain Name do?
A Domain Name is the area (or domain) that an Internet resource resides in.
Domain Names are structured in a hierarchy that is known as a Domain Name System (DNS).
Each Domain Name has one or more equivalent IP addresses.
Chapter 56:
Why are IP Addresses not used instead of alphanumeric characters?
Because alphanumeric characters are easier to remember, and often more intuitive to humans.
Chapter 56:
What does TLD stand for?
Top Level Domain.
Chapter 56:
What does FQDN stand for?
What is it?
Fully Qualified Domain Name.
A Domain Name that includes the host server name.
For example www, mail, or ftp.
Chapter 56:
What does IP in IP Address stand for?
Internet Protocol.
Chapter 56:
What does an IP Address do?
Unique address that is assigned to one network device at a time.
The IP Address indicates where a packet of data is to be sent to, or has been sent from.
Routers use the IP Address to direct the data packet accordingly.
Chapter 57:
What is Packet Switching?
A method of communicating packets of data across a network.
Different packets are sent down different wires to reduce congestion, and so that they all reach the target in a smaller amount of time.
Chapter 57:
What is a Data Packet?
A manageable chunk of data that has been broken down for transmission across a network.
Chapter 57:
Data Packets are split into 2, or sometimes 3 parts.
What are these parts called?
Header.
Payload.
Trailer. (not always used)
Chapter 57:
What does the Header of a Data Packet do?
Contains the sender’s and the recipient’s IP Addresses,
the protocol used for the packet,
and the index of the transmission that the packet represents. (e.g. package 3 of 8).
They also include a Time To Live (TTL) or hop limit, after which point the data packet expires and is discarded.
Chapter 57:
Why is the sender’s IP Address sent with packets?
To Identify the sender.
This is used to send a reply to the same IP Address.
This allows the Network to send an error message back to the sender.
This is also used in firewalls, and IP Address filtering.
Chapter 57:
What does the Payload of a Data Packet do?
The Payload is the actual data being sent.
The Header and Trailer are more like metadata.
Chapter 57:
What does the Trailer of a Data Packet do?
Contains a checksum or Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC).
This is used for Error Checking.