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Componets of the Internet

Devices-Clients = A client-server network is a central computer, also known as a server, which hosts data and other forms of resources. Clients such as laptops and desktop computers contact the server and request to use data or share its other resources with it.

Servers = Servers are used to manage network resources. For example, a user may set up a server to control access to a network, send/receive e-mail, manage print jobs, or host a website/ A server is a type of computer or device on a network that manages network resources however a single computer can execute several programs at once. A server in this case could refer to the program that is managing resources rather than the entire computer.

Web server/Web hosting = A Web server is a program that uses a languge called HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol). The language recives files that connects to Web pages. You will need to have good connection so that you can get into the server which then you can access the World Wide Web.A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web.

Modem = A modem is connected through a telephone line and a blue ethernet cable. Its used to acces the internet and used to recive infromation but first you will have to dail up the IP address so that you are connected to the internet. The cable is located underground which Chorus intalls so I can be safe.

Router = A router is a system where you can have access the internet wirelessly. It sends packets to the correct devices. A router looks like a modem, but it has a antenna on the top so it gives you a really good internet connection. Firstly wifi goes through the router which then you will be able to access the internet wirelessly.A router is hardware device designed to receive, analyze and move incoming packets to another network. It may also be used to convert the packets to another network interface, drop them, and perform other actions relating to a network like directing them to another route if that route isn't availabe for the packages.

Domain name server = Domain Name Servers (DNS) are the Internet's equivalent of a phone book. They maintain a directory of domain names and translate them to Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. This is necessary because, although domain names are easy for people to remember, computers or machines, access websites based on IP addresses.

Protocols = Protocol are set of rules or procedures for transmitting data between electronic devices, such as computers. In order for computers to exchange information, there must be a preexisting agreement as to how the information will be structured and how each side will send and receive it. Without a protocol, a transmitting computer, for example, could be sending its data in 8-bit packets while the receiving computer might expect the data in 16-bit packets.

Acronyms Used

TCP = Transmission Conrol Protocol manages the sending and receiving of all your data. When your packets arrive,TCP does a full inventory and sends back acknowledgements of each packet received. If all the packets have been received then the TCP signs your delivery, if the TCP find some of the packets missing then it won't sign and all of your data won't bee there. For each of the imcomplete packages the company you are taking the data from will resend the missing packages once the TCP verifies the delivery, than it will tick the missing packages of and sign it.

IP/Ip Address = Internet Protocol (IP) is a internet address but writen with coding. When visiting a website you ar basically asking another computer to send out information to you. Your computer sends a message to the other computer IP address and it aslo send along it's orgin address. So in coding the address would be writen to who is going to be givin this information and from who is sending this information. So the other computer knows to send and it's respond. An Ip address is written in different numbers. Each of the numbers is represented into bits. Normally a IP address is 32 bits long, with 8 bits for each part of the address. The numbers repersent country/newtwork, Region/Network, Subnetwork/device. The version of the IP adressing is called a IPv4 and have 4 million addresses. But now to a IPv6 which uses 128 bits per address and provide 240 undecillion unique address. Your computer uses the DNS to look up domain names, and get the associated IP address which is used is used to connect your computer to the destinated on the internet.

ISP = ISP stands for Internet Service Provider. The ISP is a service by many companys which allow you to access the world wide web. My internet service provider at home is Vodafone. Some other types of Internet Service Providers are Spark, 2 degrees, Vodafone, SlingShot and other companys.n Internet Service Provider (ISP) is the industry term for the company that is able to provide you with access to the Internet, typically from a computer. If you hear someone talking about the Internet and they mention their "provider," they're usually talking about their ISP.

LAN = Local Area Network is a computer network that spans a relatively small area. Most often, a LAN is confined to a single room, building or group of buildings, however, one LAN can be connected to other LANs over any distance via telephone lines and radio waves.

RAN = . A radio access network (RAN) is part of a mobile telecommunication system. It implements a radio access technology. Conceptually, it resides between a device such as a mobile phone, a computer, or any remotely controlled machine and provides connection with its core network (CN).

HTTP = HyeperText Transfer Protocol is like a language to communicate between web browsers and servers. when you type an address into your web browser and hit enter, your computer starts talking to another computer called a server and in milliseconds your computer asks that server for a website, and that server starts to talk back to uor computer in a language called HTTP. HTTPS means that your browser is secured and the SSC stands for Secure Socket layer and the TLS stands for Transport Layer Security. HTTP and DNS manages the sending and receiving of the web file, HTML or anything your search on the web.

HTML = HyperText Markup Language is a language that you can use to tell a web broswer how to make a page look. For like a doc The HTML language is what you would use to make your title big and bold, to make the font the right font, to link certain text to certain other pages, to make some text bold, to make some text italic, to put an image in the middle of the page, to align the image to the right or to the left. The text of a webpage is included directly in the HTML, but other parts, images or videos, are separate files with their own URL (Universal Resource Locator) that need to be requested. The browser sends separate HTTPs requests for each of these and displays them as they arrive.

CSS = Stands for "Cascading Style Sheet." Cascading style sheets are used to format the layout of Web pages. They can be used to define text styles, table sizes, and other aspects of Web pages that previously could only be defined in a page's HTML. HTML is a markup language and CSS is a style sheet language. HTML is designed to store content hierarchically and CSS is designed to customize how the content is displayed.

Bit = A bit (short for binary digit) is the smallest unit of data in a computer. A bit has a single binary value, either 0 or 1. Although computers usually provide instructions that can test and manipulate bits, they generally are designed to store data and execute instructions in bit multiples called bytes.

Providers and Servers

Browser = A browser lets you view webpages. Firstly you will have to dail up the IP address to your modem and then that will allow you to access the internet through a blue eithernet cable or by using wifi. E.g.: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari. Every webpage needs a browser so that you can view it. I mostly use chrome because its fast, its fast becuase I have high speed broadband which I can instantly acsess chrome. Safari is used on Apple products like an iPhone, iPad or a Mac Book. a browser is a software application used to locate, retrieve and display content on the World Wide Web, including webpages, images, video and other files. As a client/server model, the browser is the client run on a computer or mobile device that contacts the Web server and requests information.

Search Engine = a program that searches for and identifies items in a database that correspond to keywords or characters specified by the user, used especially for finding particular sites on the World Wide Web. A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits.

Webpages = is a hypertext document connected to the World Wide Web. Web pages are what make up the World Wide Web. These documents are written in HTML (hypertext markup language) and are translated by your Web browser. Web pages can either be static or dynamic. Static pages show the same content each time they are viewed. Dynamic pages have content that can change each time they are accessed. These pages are typically written in scripting languages such as PHP, Perl, ASP, or JSP. Webpage is a document available in WWW. A web page is a hypertext document connected to the World Wide Web. The webpage is created with HTML code which runs in the background. You will have to make sure your internet connction is good so that you will be able to acces the internet, but if the connection is not good, you will have to dail up the IP adress.

Fibre Optic Cable = connected to my modem which receives my internet connection. When I dail up my IP address, I will be able to access the World Wide Web instantly because of the firbre optic cable. Fiber optic cable is a high-speed data transmission medium. It contains tiny glass or plastic filaments that carry light beams. Digital data is transmitted through the cable via rapid pulses of light.

Wifi = Wifi allows digital devices like computers, mobiles to connect to the internet without a ethernet cable. The connection will be wirless which then multiple people will be able to access the internet. If you are trying to get on the wifi connection, you will have to enter your password so that they you are connected. We have a password system so that if strangers are trying to accces it, they wont be able to. A facility allowing computers, smartphones, or other devices to connect to the Internet or communicate with one another wirelessly within a particular area.

Meta charset is for the the characters, href is hypertext reference is for the link, ol is ordered list, ul is for unlisted list, p is for paragraph, body contains html information like images, src is the url of the image, head can include titles, scripts, styles. h1&2,3,4,5,6 is the size font you want. /* CSS is how you can add style to your website, such as colors, fonts, and positioning of your HTML content. To learn how to do something, just try searching Google for questions like "how to change link color." */ INDEX.HTML. The default file name for a website's home page (INDEX.HTM is also used). Appropriately named, the home page serves as an index to the main pages on the site, each of which can link to any number of other pages and so on.