CIS 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Web 2.0, Linkedin

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 1200
• Professor: John Saville

Document Summary

All computers and other devices such as tablets and smartphones that are connected to the internet create a network of networks, which connect with each other. All computers act in one of two ways: Either it"s a client, a computer that asks for data, or it"s a server: a computer that receives the request and returns the data to the client the. Internet is referred to as a client/server network. Internet backbones: the main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all internet traffic flows. The data request from your computer (the client computer) is sent via. Internet communication pathways to a server computer, who processes the request and returns the requested data to your client computer via internet communication pathways. The web browser on your client computer interprets the data nad displays it on its monitor. How does the data get sent to the correct computer.