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ARPANET
The earliest version of the Internet created by the US government project DARPA in the 1960s.
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Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
Regulates the information shown to children under the age of 13.
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Clients
A device that receives data from a server.
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DARPA
A US government project in the 1960s that created the earliest version of the Internet.
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Domain name
A website name; the part of the URL following www.
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Domain Name System (DNS)
A global network service that resolves website names into IP addresses.
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Ethernet cable
A cable that enables physical connection to a network.
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Fiber optic cable
Cables that use pulses of light to represent data, made of tiny glass tubes.
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Globalization
The movement that allows governments, businesses, and organizations to communicate internationally.
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Hubs
Devices that serve as central locations for data travel.
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Internet
A worldwide system of interconnected networks.
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
The organization where website names are registered.
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Internet of Things (IoT)
The concept of more devices being connected to the internet in smarter ways.
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Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4)
An address consisting of 32 bits, separated into four groups.
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Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
An address consisting of 128 bits, four times that of IPv4.
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Internet service provider (ISP)
A company that provides internet connections to consumers.
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IP address
A numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network.
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MAC address
A globally unique identifier attached to a network interface, normally a 48-bit number.
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Network
The interconnection of computers.
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Network Address Translation (NAT)
A tool that allows organizations to use one public IP address with many private IP addresses.
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Networking
The practice of managing, building, and designing networks.
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Networking protocols
A set of rules for transferring data in a network.
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Network stack
A set of hardware or software providing infrastructure for a computer.
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Router
A device that forwards data between independent networks.
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Server logs
Text files that record activities performed on a specific web server.
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Servers
Devices that provide data to other devices, known as clients.
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Switches
Devices that facilitate data travel.
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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
A protocol that ensures reliable delivery of information from one network to another.
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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
A web address similar to a home address.
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WannaCry Attack
A cyber attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers globally.
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Wireless networking (Wi-Fi)
Networks that connect through radios and antennas.
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World Wide Web (WWW)
The system that enables access to documents and web resources over the Internet.