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The Internet
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- 1What is the internet?The internet is hardware that connects multiple computers using servers and routers.
- 2What are the 4 main components of the internet?Router
Server
Connecting Backbone
Client - 3What is the router?A router is a piece of hardware that connects two or more computers.
- 4How does the router work?The router is sent data which is then directed in data packets to the correct destination using IP addresses. The router also handles things going in the opposite direction.
- 5What is a client?A computer which uses the services provided by the server
- 6What is the server?A computer or program which runs to serve the needs of other computers.
- 7What does the server do?It runs software to meet the requirements of clients. There are multiple types of servers; client servers, web servers, and email servers.
- 8What is the Connecting backbone?The connecting backbone is the main connecting data routes between large networks and small networks.
- 9What are the large networks?Large networks are things on the internet
- 10What are small networks?Small networks are things in local regions
- 11What does a print server do?This puts your work into the printer queue when you want to print it and then it prints when your work is at the top of the queue
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- GCSE Btec ICT Flashcards on The Internet, created by Gee_0599 on 03/10/2014.
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