MC 2000 : Exam 3 Outline
Document Summary
Packet switching- sending digital messages in chunks through any open pathway, to be reassembled at their destination. Protocols- software codes that enable one computer to communicate with another. World wide web- a software system that simplifies internet navigation based on hypertext links and graphical user interfaces: tim berners-lee invented the world wide web in 1989, mosaic was the first web browser, 1993. Uniform resource locator (url)- a web site address. Hypertext transfer protocol (http)- enables computers to recognize links on the world wide web: most common internet protocol used (besides e-mail) Hypertext markup language (html)- the basic computer language used to write hypertext transfer protocol (http). Tcp- transmission control protocol- controls how data are sent out on the internet. Ip- internet protocol- provides the address for each computer or the. Lans (local area networks)- connect two or more computers, usually within the same building.
