Design by Ossama Obeid.
| Web: | It is the applications and interfaces placed on top of the Internet in order to make it useful to humans. Such implementations include browsers and messenger applications, but it is important to know that the web is on top of the hardware and protocols in use by the underlying framework, and that the web is just a new way of representing and using the same old addresses and protocols in new ways. |
| Filesharing: | It is the use of networks and protocols to transmit files of many types over those networks. Many of the popular methods of filesharing incorporate the concept of peer2peer transfer which allows uses to connect to "swarms" to facilitate fast downloads and a wide range of formats. Filesharing services and applications are mostly used on personal computers, although some services utilize the server-client model. |
| TCP/IP: | TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is the basic communication language or protocol of the Internet. It can also be used as a communications protocol in a private network (either an intranet or an extranet). When you are set up with direct access to the Internet, your computer is provided with a copy of the TCP/IP program just as every other computer that you may send messages to or get information from also has a copy of TCP/IP. |
| IP Address: | Every machine on the Internet has a unique identifying number, called an IP
Address. A typical IP address looks like this: * 216.27.61.137 To make it easier for us humans to remember, IP addresses are normally expressed in decimal format as a "dotted decimal number" like the one above. But computers communicate in binary form. Look at the same IP address in binary: * 11011000.00011011.00111101.10001001 |
| URL: | In computing, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) specifies where an identified resource is available and the mechanism for retrieving it. In other words it's purpose is a pointer to a "resource" on the World Wide Web. |
| Protocol: | A protocol describes a way of transfering data over the internet. It specifies how data will be transmitted or recieved and probably even ecrypts data for security. There are many internet protocols each having a different purpose or use. |
| DNS: | DNS (Domain Name System) is a system for naming websites and resources on the web by associating IP addresses of these resources with a URL. |
| DHCP: | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a protocol used by networked devices (clients) to obtain the information necessary for operation in an Internet Protocol network. This protocol reduces system administration workload, allowing devices to be added to the network with little or no manual intervention. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhcp) |
| Web Browser: | A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text, images, videos, music, games and other information typically located on a Web page at a Web site on the World Wide Web or a local area network.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Browser) |
| FTP: | File Transfer Protocol. A network protocol used to transfer files through a network such as the Internet. |
| HTTP: | Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A communications protocol used to interconnect web sites through text. |
Design by Ossama Obeid.