COMMERCE 2KA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Canarie, Network Operating System, User Interface
1 May 2016
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Networking and communication trends: telephone networks, computer network, single digital network, broadband internet. Computer network components: server and client computers, connection medium, network operating system, hubs, switches, routers. Key digital networking technologies: client/ server computing: distributed computing model. Tcp/ip: transmission control protocol/ internet protocol: dominant model for achieving connectivity among different networks. Provides a universally agreed-on method for breaking up digital messages into packets, routing them to the proper address, and then reassembling them into coherent messages. signals: was to communicate a message in a network. Ways to connect to the internet: internet service provider (isp), or designated domain. Types of connections: dial up, broadband (dsl, cable internet, satellite, t1/t3) Internet protocol ip address: every device connected to the internet must have a unique address number called an ip address. It is a 32 bit number represented by 4 strings of numbers ranging form 0 to 255.
