Communications - Internet

the Internet and personalcommunications

The following are terms that need to be understood

You need to know:

• Meaning
• Definition
• Be able to describe the purpose in the context of using the internet.

Modem, 28.8k, 33.6k, K56 and V90

ISP

Carrier - PSTN, ISDN

TCP/IP, IP Address, Class C address, Class B address, Class A address, Why 0-255 or 0-FF in each part

URL, http:\\, www.myplace.com, .com, .org, .edu, .au, (ie Identify specific parts of URL)

Applications

• Browsers - Netscape, Explorer, Mosaic, You own home made browser
• FTP - File transfer
• IRC
• Telnet

Information Services - GOPHER (Archie, Veronica etc)

E-MAIL - SMTP, POP server

Servers - DNS, Proxy, DHCP, POP, Web

Search engines - Yahoo, Excite, Altavista

Mike Leishman