Unit 2 Test CSP

Question 1

Innovation

Answer 1

a novel or improved idea, device, product, etc, or the development thereof

Question 2

Protocol

Answer 2

a set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices

Question 3

Code

Answer 3

to write instructions for the computer

Question 4

internet engineering task force

Answer 4

(IETF) develops and promotes voluntary internet standards and protocols. These standards comprise the Internet protocol suite

Question 5

Internet

Answer 5

a group of computers and servers that are connected to each other

Question 6

Net neutrality

Answer 6

the principle that all internet traffic should be treated equally by Internet Service Providers

Question 7

RFC

Answer 7

request for comments

Question 8

Moore’s Law

Answer 8

states that every 18 months or so, computers and digital technology will double in speed and capacity while the cost gets cut in hald

Question 9

IP Address

Answer 9

a number assigned to any item that is connected to the Internet

Question 10

Packets

Answer 10

small chunks of information that have been carefully formed from larger chumps

Question 11

Redundancy

Answer 11

means if one system goes down, the connection between other systems will not be broken

Question 12

TCP

Answer 12

provides reliable, ordered and error-checked delivery of a stream of packets on the internet

Question 13

Fault tolerance

Answer 13

system can keep operating even when some elements fail

Question 14

DNS

Answer 14

service that translates URLs to IP address

Question 15

Domain name

Answer 15

an indentification string that defines a realm of administrative administrative control within the Internet

Question 16

Subdomain

Answer 16

a domain that is part of the larger domain

Question 17

DoS

Answer 17

denial of service

an attempt to shut down a website by flooding it with requests

Question 18

DDoS

Answer 18

distributed denial of service

requests come from hundred or thousands of IP addresses

Question 19

DNS Spoofing

Answer 19

a form of computer hacking in which corrupt DNS data is introduced to the normal DNS

Causes name servers to return an incorrect IP address

Question 20

HTTP

Answer 20

HyperText Transfer Protocol

the protocol used for transmitting web pages over the internet

Question 21

URL

Answer 21

an easy-to-remember address for calling a webpage

Question 22

Abstraction

Answer 22

reducing information and detail to focus on essential characteristics

Question 23

Server

Answer 23

a computer that awaits and responds to requests for the data

Question 24

Client

Answer 24

a computer that requests data stored on a server