TECH 10001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Ip Address, Private Network, Data Terminal Equipment
22 Mar 2017
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Networks: communication network (system)- links devices so data and information can be shared between them, classified by size and geographic scope. Network nodes: node- any device in a network, dte- data terminal equipment- any device that stores or generates data, dce- data communication equipment- control data speed over networks, convert signal form cables to wireless, check for corrupt data. Internet governance- set of shared protocols, procedures, and technologies that evolve through network provider agreements. Icann- internet corporations for assigned names and numbers- organization that supervises the internet. Internet backbone- system of hi\ugh capacity routers and fiber-optic communication links that provide the main route for data speeding across the internet: tier 1 networks- top of the internet hierarchy, at&t. Internet service provider (isp)- form and maintain the internet forming networks: exchange data ate internet exchange points (ixp, packet- parcel of data sent across a network, reassembled at their destinations according to sequence number.
