The Internet Video #1 Notes

  • Computers and their users wanted to talk to each other
  • They could do this through the internet, computer network
  • Packet Switching: message or file is broken up into packers and sent in any order, then they are reassembled by the recipient’s device
  • Path and Routing: how the sender gets to the receiver and the process of finding the path
  • Bandwidth: max amount of data that can be sent in fixed amount of time on computer network (bits per second)
  • Takeaway: how computer devices work together on a network

The Internet Video #2 Notes

  • Packet: small amount of data sent over a network
  • Protocols:
    • Open Systems Interconnect
    • Transmissions Control Protocol
  • First goes through ethernet, then the message passes the message through until it hits the intended receiver
  • Takeaway: how Internet works, how data is sent through packets, differences between Internet and World Wide Web

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Correction: Question 3, the World Wide Web is a info system that is accessed through the Internet, the Internet is a network of interconnected networks.