Computer Networks Basics

What is the primary function of a router?

What is the term for a set of rules that computers on a network use to communicate with one another?

What is the purpose of a hub in a network?

What is an example of a wired communication technology?

What is the term for the amount of data that can be moved from one point on a network to another point in a given time?

What is required for a valid email address?

Which activity requires downloading information to your computer?

What is the term for the process of splitting large amounts of data into smaller units for transmission over the internet?

Which of the following is a characteristic of a wired network?

What is the purpose of an IP address?

What is the term for the delay that occurs when a device is waiting for data to arrive from the internet?

What is the term for the internet service that allows voice data to be sent over the internet?

What is the term for the worldwide network of computers made up of cables, routers, and other pieces of hardware?

What is the protocol that splits messages into smaller pieces of data for transmission over the internet?

What is the term for the address used to identify a device on a local network?

A computer network is two or more computers connected together.
A protocol is a set of rules that computers on a network use to communicate with each other.
A valid protocol for email addresses requires an '@' character to be used.

A hub is a hardware device that connects a number of computers together on a local network.
A hub has ports that allow cables to be plugged in from each connected computer.
A network cable is a piece of hardware that connects different devices together, often made up of a number of wires.
A router is a hardware device that connects a home network to the internet via an internet service provider (ISP).
A server is a powerful computer that provides services, such as shared access to files like text, images, sound, or video.

Wired communication technology is exemplified by network cables.
Bandwidth refers to the amount of data that can be moved from one point on a network to another point in a given time.

Downloading information to your computer requires receiving data from another device across the internet.
Buffering occurs when data is arriving at your device at a slower rate than it is being processed.
Large amounts of data sent across the internet are split into smaller units called packets.

The internet is a worldwide network of computers made up of cables, routers, and other pieces of hardware used to connect devices together.
An IP address is a unique address used to identify every device on the internet, consisting of 4 numbers ranging between 0 and 255, separated by dots.
TCP is a protocol that splits messages across the internet into smaller pieces of data.

The World Wide Web refers to websites, web pages, and links.
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is an internet service that allows voice data to be sent over the internet.