Computer Science 1033A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Sergey Brin, Googlebot, Pagerank

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1033A/B
• Professor: Laura Reid

Document Summary

The internet: a collection of local, regional, national and international computer networks that are linked together to exchange data and distribute processing tasks. Host: a computer on the internet that provides services such as web pages, emails, web storage. Isp: internet service provider western, bell, rogers, execulink, costco. Ip (internet protocol) address: uniquely identifies each computer/device connected to the internet. An ip address is 32 bits (4 bytes) wide and may be represented various ways. Binary, decimal, hexadecimal, dotted-quad (most popular) = 192. 102. 249. 3. Domain name: the text name corresponding to the numeric ip address of a computer on the internet. *only what comes after www ex: uwo. ca (129. 100. 0. 45); csd. uwo. ca (129. 199. 19. 247) 2 parts identifies the network and the specific computer. When browsing a website, ip address determines successful communication between your computer and website. Process every time you type a domain name: internet server (called dns) translates domain into ip address so data can route to the correct computer.