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Theory Terms Flashcards

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TCP/ip

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Transmission Control Protocol/Internet protocol

Defines how electronic devices should be connected over the Internet and how data should be transmitted between them

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FTP

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File transfer protocol.. A standard network protocol used to transfer computer files from one host to another over a network

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Http

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Hypertext transfer protocol.defines how messages we to be formatted and transmitted, and what response web servers and browsers make to certain commands

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SMTP

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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. A set of commands that authenticate and direct the transfer of electronic mail

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Internet

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Massive network of networks with connect millions of computers together globally. It is where computers connect to the Internet can communicate with one another

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Www

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A system of interlinked hypertext documents and other sources linked by hyperlinks and URLS

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What is the difference between www and the Internet

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The Internet is a global data communications system, the web is a service communicated via the Internet

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IP address

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A number which uniquely identifies each device on the Internet

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URL

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The address of a particular webpage or other element of content on the Internet

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Domain name

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A unique name that identifies an Internet site

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Data packet

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Basic unit of communication over a digital network. When data is transmitted it is broke down into smaller structures of data which are reassembled to the original data chunk once they reach their destination. Contains IP address of origin, destination IP address, data and error protocol

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ISP

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A company which provides access to the Internet for a fee

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Web browser

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A program used to view, download upload surf or access pages on the www

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Search engine

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An information retrieval system designed to search for information stored on the WWW

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Hits

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Number of search engine results for a specific query

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Keyword search

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A search for documents containing one or more words specified by a user in a search engine box

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Cookie

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A piece of text stored by a users web browser to personalise web pages

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Cache

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Stores recently used information in a place where it can be accessed extremely fast

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Encryption

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Process of scrambling and transforming data from plain text to cipher text so it can’t be understood by outsiders

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Firewall

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An electronic security barrier to prevent outsiders getting into a computer or network, can a,so be used to prevent people from getting out of a computer or network

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Anti virus software

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Used to prevent, detect and remove malware

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Viruses

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Small programs or scripts that can negatively affect the health of your computer by creating files

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Username

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A name that uniquely identifies someone on a computer system

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Password

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A string of characters for authenticating a user on a computer system

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Email

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A method of exchanging digital messages across the Internet or other computer networks

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Email address

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A name that uniquely identifies an electronic post office box on a network where emails can be sent

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HTML

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A programming language for designing or viewing webpages

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Website

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A set of related webpages served from a single web domain

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Css

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An external document which can be linked into HTML documents that defines the style, design and layout of the webpage.

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Hyperlink

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An element in an electronic document that links to another place.

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Hyperlink

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An element in an electronic document that links to another place

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Webpage

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A hypertext document connected to the www

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Protocol

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A set of rules that define know devices connect and interact

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