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The internet: topology, packets and IP addresses
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- 1the interneta global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks
- 2mesh topologyRather than using a star, bus or ring topology, each node is connected to one or more other nodes in an ad-hoc manner
- 3finding a routeRoute-finding algorithms are used to determine which route through the mesh will have the lowest cost, and therefore take least time
- 4packetsAll data on the Internet is split up into small chunks called packets
Each packet is numbered and sent independently
The packets are re-assembled on the other side - 5topologybus, star, ring
- 6buscomputers connected to a single network
- 7ringcomputers connected to each other in a loop
- 8starcomputers connected to a single switch
- 9networka groupof conected computers
- 10IP adresses
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