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Internet Terms - Coggle Diagram
Internet Terms
Networking-Connected devices that send/recieve data
Node- Addressable device on a network
Network Interfawce card(NIC) allows a computer to join a network
Network switches- move messages between nodes in the same network
Network routers- connect seperate networks
Routers Direct Data Packets
Protocols- rules for sending/recieiving data
Chunks of data with address info
Tranmission Control Protocol (TCP) breaks data into packets, labels them, and assigns ports
Internet Protocol (IP) sender/reciever addresses and routes for packets
Packet Routing- how routers direct packets across the network
Path- sequence of devices from sender to reciever
Computers/servers/devices
File server-stores and manages files
embedded devices- specialized computers inside another object
computer servers- powerful computers that serve other computers
Webserver-respondes to webpage requests
Computing system- group of devices/programs that work together
Network Performance
Network bandwidth- maximum data that can be sent in a time frame
Data Transfer Rate- how fast data moves between devices
Latency- travel time for data
Uploading- sending data
Downloading-recieving data