Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Chapter 9 Internet

Internet: interconnected network of a thousand of networks
-impossible to measure its growth

-has no boundaries


Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

- allows cross networking communication

-at the heart of the internet


-Each internet has its own IP address

-Doman name system, such as:

-.com

-.org

-.edu


Email address:

username@hostname.sub.dom

-a username is the person's mailbox

- a hostname is the name of the host


2 types of connection

-Direct connection has a fast system and stores files on the computer

-Dial up connection is a limited connection.

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