THE INTERNET

THE INTERNET

1. NETWORK

   • A GROUP OF COMPUTERS THAT ARE CONNECTED TOGETHER

2. PROTOCOL

   • A SET OF RULES THAT ALLOWS COMPUTER SYSTEMS TO CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER

3. POINT OF PRESENCE

   • ACCESS POINT TO THE INTERNET
   • PHYSICAL LOCATION THAT HAS ALL THE HARDWARE TO ALLOW USERS TO ACCESS THE INTERNET

4. NETWORK ACCESS POINT

   • INTERCHANGE BETWEEN NETWORKS WITHIN THE INTERNET

5. INTERNET PROTOCOL

   • PROTOCOL USES TO ROUTE PACKETS OF INFORMATION ACROSS THE INTERNET
   • EACH COMPUTER HAS IT OWN IP

6. TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL

   • THE PROTOCOL THAT TAKES THE DATA FROM THE APPLICATION AND PASSES IT TO THE IP FOR TRANSFER ACROSS THE INTERNET
   • THE REVERSE HAPPENS ON THE OTHER END WHERE THE TCP WILL REASSEMBLE THE DATA

7. FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL

   • PROTOCOL USED TO ALLOW FILES TO BE TRANSFERD BETWEEN TWO NETWORKS
   • COMMONLY USED FOR DOWNLOADING FILES OR UPLOAD FILES ONTO ANOTHER SERVER