BJC Unit 4 Lab 1 vocab

Internet

A global computer network that uses open protocols to standardize communication.

Computer network

An interconnected computing system that is capable of sending or receiving data.

World Wide Web

A system of linked pages, programs, and files that uses the Internet.

Bandwidth

The maximum amount of data that can be sent in a fixed amount of time.

Cloud

A term used to describe places to store data on the Internet.

Path

A sequence of directly connected computing devices that connect a sender to a receiver.

Routing

The process of finding a path from sender to receiver.

Scalability

The ability of the Internet to keep working as it grows.

Redundancy

The inclusion of backup elements in case one part fails.

Protocol

A set of rules that specify the behavior of a system.

IP address

A unique number assigned to each device on a computer network.

Packet

A small chunk of any kind of data (text, numbers, lists, etc.) and metadata (information about the data) that is passed through the Internet as a unit.