COP 4338 Lecture 1: network
26 Sep 2018
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The internet is a worldwide collection of networks, routing equipment, and computers using a common set of protocols to de ne how each party will interact with each other. The ip (internet protocol) is developed to enable di erent local area networks to communicate with each other. It is the basis for connecting computers around the world together over the internet: data transmission: Consist of sending/receiving streams of zeros and ones along network connection. *application data: the info one computer wants to send to another. *network protocol data: describe how to reach the intended computer and how to check for errors in the transmission: sending data from a to b accross the internet. It is connected by phone lines to an internet service provider (isp) The isp is connected to an internet access point. B is on an local area network at xyz computers. The internet access points are connected by a complex collection of pathways (the internet)
