Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
22 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
What is SYNCHRONOUS? |
When both the sender and receiver are active at the same time |
|
What is ASYNCHRONOUS? |
When sending and receiving happen at different times |
|
What is a BROADCAST? |
When one sender connects to many receivers |
|
What is MULTICAST? |
When one sender connects to a specific group of receivers |
|
What is POINT-TO-POINT? |
When one sender connects to one receiver |
|
What is the INTERNET? |
A universal communication medium where each computer connected to the internet is connected to each other computer on the internet |
|
What are the steps of the CLIENT/SERVER INTERACTION PROTOCOL? |
1. Client requests web page 2. Server sends information 3. Client processes information and displays web page |
|
What is a WEB SERVER? |
A computer designed to store and send web page info |
|
What is an INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS? |
A series of 4 unique 3 digit numbers used to identify the location of a specific number
IP addresses aren't very human-friendly, so most computers are also given a symbolic name based on a domain hierarchy |
|
What is a DOMAIN? |
A related group of networked computers |
|
Define cf491-01.cs.wwu.edu |
cf491-01 is the computer name Which belongs to the Computer Science domain (cs) Which belongs to the Western Washington University domain (wwu) Which belongs to the Educational domain (edu) |
|
What is the TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL/INTERNET PROTOCOL? |
A process that sends info through the internet |
|
What are the steps of the TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL/INTERNET PROTOCOL? |
1. Info is split into IP packets 2. IP Packets are sent along the internet 3. Destination source collects and assembles the packets in the correct order |
|
What are IP PACKETS? |
They hold one unit of info, the destination IP address, and their sequence number |
|
What is a WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN)? |
When computers are geographically far from each other, information may be transmitted over several different point- to- point connections |
|
What is a LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN)? |
Connects computers close to each other with a related purpose, typically can be linked with a common wiring system called an Ethernet |
|
What are INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS? |
They connect individual computers to an internet gateway through a modem |
|
What is an INTERNET SERVER? |
It connects LAN systems to the internet gateway directly |
|
What is the WORLD WIDE WEB? |
A collection of files and computers called "web servers" |
|
What are WEB SERVERS? |
They send files to the browsers on computers connected to the internet |
|
What are the files on the World Wide Web? |
Web pages, images or animation included on a web page, or services that help media to run on the web page |
|
What is a UNIVERSAL RESOURCE LOCATOR (URL)? |
The location of a certain web page and is used by a computer's browser to request the web page info to be sent |