Internet Mind Map

Internet Mind Map

1. ASCII: Most common format for text files in computers and on the Internet

2. Binary: 2 states

   • Bit: Smallest unit of data in a computer
     • Bitrate: Rate at which bits are transferred from one location to another

3. Protocol: a set of guidelines for implementing networking communications between computers

   • TCP: Governs the delivery of data over the Internet
     • Packet: A piece of a message transmitted over a packet-switching network
   • DNS The Internet's system for converting alphabetic names into numeric IP addresses
   • HTTP: The communications protocol used to connect to Web servers

4. Bandwidth: Bit-rate of available or consumed information capacity

5. Latency: Amount of time a message takes to traverse a system

6. Redundancy: Bouncing and repeating from router to router

7. Abstraction: Technique for arranging complexity of computer systems