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Internet Terms - Coggle Diagram
Internet Terms
Networking- Connected devices that send/recive data
Node- addressable device on a network
Network Interface Card(NIC)- allows a computer to join a network
Network Routers- connect separate networks
Routers- direct data packets
Packets- chunks of data with address info
Protocols- rules for sending/reciving data
Transmission Control Protocol(TCP)- breaks that data into packets ,labels them, and assigns them
Internet Protocol(IP)- sender/reciver addresses and routes for packets
Packet Routing- how routers direct packets across the network
Path- sequences of devices form a sender to receiver
Network Switches- move messages between nodes in the same network
Computers/Servers/Devices
Computer Servers- Powerful computers that serve other computers
File Server- Stores and manages files
Web Server- Responds to web page request
Embedded Devices- Specialized computers inside another object Example- Car or Ring Camera
Computing System- Group of devices or programs that work together
Network Performance
Latency- travel time for data
Uploading- sending data
Data Transfer Rate- how fast data moves between devices
Downloading- receiving data
Network Bandwidth- maximum data that can be sent at a time