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Flashcards by Malachy Moran-Tun, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Generally, what is a Network Protocol? | > Set of rules that define how data is transmitted between connected devices > Exist for any data exchange between two devices > Necessary for computers to understand the data being received, amongst other things |
| What Decisions are in a Network Protocol? | > How communication should start and end (known as handshaking) > How data should be structured > Which network port communication should be over > How to check if the received data is correct > What to do if something goes wrong |
| What is TCP? | > Transmission Control Protocol > Split data from applications into small pieces, known as packets > Each packet contains a header and a payload > Header contains information about how to reach its destination > Payload is the actual data to be sent |
| What is IP? | > Internet protocol > Defines how data packets (from TCP) should be sent between networks > IP header is added to each packet, which contains the source and destination in the form of an IP address > Routers use IP addresses to deliver the packet to the correct network |
| What is WiFi? | > aka 802.11x unless ur a pleb (i think? i dunno anymore) > Set of protocols for defining wireless transmission of data via radio waves > Used in wireless networks |
| What is Ethernet | > Protocol that defines how data should be transmitted via wires between network hardware > Used in (you'll never guess it), wired networks |
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