Terms #2

Austin Hoffmann

Internet: Was created to be a nuke proof connection. created during the cold war by the U.S Military.

Router: A device that is made to route data from place to place. Only authorized data is allowed through to the computer.

TCP/IP: Stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. Both of these were invented by the U.S Military. it allows computers to work together over great distances.

Browser: Program that people use to access the World Wide Web. Its purpose is to read HTML code including text, images, and hyperlinks.

Firewall: Limits the data that passes through. It protects the computer from anything harmful like viruses, spams, and unauthorized users.

Proxy: Proxy is a server that all computers on local networks have to go through before accessing information on the internet. Improves network performance and narrows what the user is able to look at.

WIFI: Wireless Fidelity is what WIFI stands for. Manufacturers can make wirless products that can work with other manuafcturers equipment.

ISP: In order to connect to the internet you need an ISP. It is the company that you pay a monthly fee to in order to use the internet.

Netiquette: Good Nettiquette is respecting peoples privacy. People that spam other users with unwanted emails or popups have verty bad Nettiquette. Three places where Nettiquette is stressed is email, private chats, and online newsgroups.

Streaming: Is when is when a multimedia file can be played back without downloadibng the whole thing first. Real audio and quick time documents can be streaming files. Meaning you can watch a video or listen to a sound file while its being downloaded to you computer.