A Stand-alone computer is when it is used on its own without requiring a connection to a LAN or WAN

Client-Server is hardware or software that accesses a service made available by a server

peer-to-peer netowrks are when two or more PCs are connected and share resources without going through a separate server computer

A LAN (Local area netowork) is network that connects computers and other devices in a reasonably small area

A Wide area network is a computer network in which the computers connected may be far apart, generally having a radius of more than 1 km.

IP adressing:a unique string of numbers separated by full stops that identifies each computer using the Internet Protocol to communicate over a network

MAC addressing:a unique identifier for an Ethernet or network adapter over a network

Packet:This is a small amount of computer data sent over a network

Protocols: The official procedure or system of rules

A modem and router are needed to connect your computer to the internet

Compressing files means that you lose the pointless and redundant information. Keeping only what you need.

Lossless and lossy compression are terms that describe whether or not, in the compression of a file, all original data can be recovered when the file is uncompressed. With lossless compression, every single bit of data that was originally in the file remains after the file is uncompressed.

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