The Internet

Internet Keywords - Achieved

- Dylan Walker

User:

A user is a person who uses/browses the internet as a tool or other things. It is used to help people figure out problems, research or find out activities going on in the area.

Browser:

A browser is a program that provides a way to look and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web. The word "browser" seems to have originated prior to the Web as a generic term for user interfaces that let you browse text files online.

Device:

A device is something made or adapted for a purpose. Usually technology. It is used so youcan browse through the Internet, World Wide Web etc. Devices are used all around the world, like in schools.

ISP:

An ISP (Internet Service Provider) is organization that provides services to use, access or participate in the Internet such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox etc. Why are there ISP's? They open up doors to learn how to make webpages just like I am, makes researching easier and efficient and many more things. It is very useful but one negative is that people can upload fake information by creating a webpage with fake information.

Webpage:

A webpage is a hypertext document connected to the world wide web. We use webpages all the time when we browse on the Internet because if there was no such thing as a webpage there would be nothing on an ISP. You can easily make a webpage using Neocities, Wix and other webpages. Webpages are on ISP's to create oppurtunities for poeple to learn and make it easier to do many things.

World Wide Web:

The World Wide Web(WWW) is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). They are interlinked by hypertext links, and accessible on the Internet. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989.

Internet Keywords - Merit

- Dylan Walker

Modem:

Modem is short for modulater demodulater. A modem is a device or program that enables a computer to transmit data over by using telephone or cable lines and other things. Computer information is stored digitally. But information transmitted over telephone lines is transmitted in the form of analog waves.

Network:

A network is defined as a group of two or more computer systems linked together. There are many types of computer networks, including the following: local-area networks (LANs)and many more. The computers are geographically close together.

Web Server:

A web server is a company, or an individual that provides a website through a server. This means the :computer" powering the must always be on for it to be a sufficient server.

Fiber Optic Cables:

Fiber Optic Cables are underground and are used to send information that has been converted into light around. The information is converted into light to travel through the cables very fast. Fiber Optic Cables gave many different cables inside them.

Internet Keywords - Excellence

- Dylan Walker

Webhosting:

The activity or business of providing storage space and access for websites. Web hosting is a service that allows the public to post a website or web page onto the Internet. A web host, or a web hosting service provider is a business that provides the technologies and services needed for the website/webpage to be viewed on the Internet. Websites are hosted, or stored, on special computers called servers.

Packets:

A packet is the unit of data that is routed between an origin and a destination on the Internet or any other packet-switched network. E.g e-mails disasemble when you send it into may packets and re-locates itself with the recipients IP adress and re-orders itself into its usual format. This helps the traffic through the routers not to conjest which means everything flows well.

Routers:

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the traffic directing functions on the Internet. A wireless router is an electronic device that works as a router. It sends data from the internet cable to a device like a phone - and as a wireless acces point which means the data is transferred as radio waves instead of travelling through a cable. Connected with a modem, a wifi capable device can use the signal from the modem and router to connect to the wifi/internet

LAN:

A LAN (Local Area Network) is a group of computers, and network devices usually in the same building.

WAN:

A WAN (Wide Area Network) is network or computer network that extends over a large geographical distance which usually connects LAN's together.

RAN

A RAN (Radio Acces Network) is part of a mobile tellicommunication system and it implements a radio access technology. In simple manners, a RAN resides between devices such as a phone or a computer and provides a connection with its core network - CN.

P.S I was unable to find specific information on LAN, RAN and WAN.