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What is SYNCHRONOUS?

When both the sender and receiver are active at the same time

What is ASYNCHRONOUS?

When sending and receiving happen at different times

What is a BROADCAST?

When one sender connects to many receivers

What is MULTICAST?

When one sender connects to a specific group of receivers

What is POINT-TO-POINT?

When one sender connects to one receiver

What is the INTERNET?

A universal communication medium where each computer connected to the internet is connected to each other computer on the internet

What are the steps of the CLIENT/SERVER INTERACTION PROTOCOL?

1. Client requests web page


2. Server sends information


3. Client processes information and displays web page

What is a WEB SERVER?

A computer designed to store and send web page info

What is an INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS?

A series of 4 unique 3 digit numbers used to identify the location of a specific number



IP addresses aren't very human-friendly, so most computers are also given a symbolic name based on a domain hierarchy

What is a DOMAIN?

A related group of networked computers

Define cf491-01.cs.wwu.edu

cf491-01 is the computer name


Which belongs to the Computer Science domain (cs)


Which belongs to the Western Washington University domain (wwu)


Which belongs to the Educational domain (edu)

What is the TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL/INTERNET PROTOCOL?

A process that sends info through the internet

What are the steps of the TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL/INTERNET PROTOCOL?

1. Info is split into IP packets


2. IP Packets are sent along the internet


3. Destination source collects and assembles the packets in the correct order

What are IP PACKETS?

They hold one unit of info, the destination IP address, and their sequence number

What is a WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN)?

When computers are geographically far from each other, information may be transmitted over several different point- to- point connections

What is a LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN)?

Connects computers close to each other with a related purpose, typically can be linked with a common wiring system called an Ethernet

What are INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS?

They connect individual computers to an internet gateway through a modem

What is an INTERNET SERVER?

It connects LAN systems to the internet gateway directly

What is the WORLD WIDE WEB?

A collection of files and computers called "web servers"

What are WEB SERVERS?

They send files to the browsers on computers connected to the internet

What are the files on the World Wide Web?

Web pages, images or animation included on a web page, or services that help media to run on the web page

What is a UNIVERSAL RESOURCE LOCATOR (URL)?

The location of a certain web page and is used by a computer's browser to request the web page info to be sent