Computr Networks

COMPUTER NETWORKS

COLLECTION OF INTERCONNECTED AUTONOMOUS COMPUTING DEVICES THAT SHARES AND EXCHANGES RESOURCES.

HOST / NODES

ANY COMPUTER OR DEVICE CONNECTD TO INTERNET

GATEWAY

CONNECTS DISSIMILAR NETWORKS

BACKBONE

CENTRAL CONNECTING STRUCTURE THAT CONNECTS ONE OR MORE NETWORKS

INTERSPACE

A CLIENT/SERVER SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR ADVANCED ONLINE COMMUNICATION, ENABLING REAL TIME AUDIO, VIDEO AND TEXT CHAT WITHIN DYNAMIC 3D VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS,

IPV4

1. 4 BYTE

2. DOTTED DECIMAL

IPV6

1. 16 BYTE

2. 8 GROUPS OF HEXADECIMAL

3. SEPERATED BY COLON

MAC ADDRESS
(MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL)

A PHYSICAL ADDRESS ASSIGNED TO THE HARDWARE NETWORK CARD IE. NIC

MODEM
(MODULATOR DEMODULATOR)

1. ALLOWS COMPUTER TO SEND AND RECIEVE DATA OVER TELEPHONE LINES

2. MODULATON (DIGITAL DATA TO ANALOG DATA)

3. DEMODULATION (ANALOG DATA TO DIGITAL DATA)

NIC
(NETWORK INTERFACE CARD)

1. ESSENTIAL HARDWARE CONNECTS COMPUTER TO A NETWORK

2. ALSO CALLED AS TAP (TERMINAL ACCESS POINT)

3. UNIQUE PHYSICAL ADDRESS - MAC