IS300 chapter 7

- A cellular network with transmission speeds ranging from 144Kbps. Suitable for wireless broadband internet

- Entirely packet switched network and capable of 100 Mbps which can reach 1 Gbps under optimal conditions. It uses E-UTRA rather than CDMA which allows it to transfer and process data at much faster speeds. 4G is now being pushed by cell phone providers and allows for higher upload and download speeds, better quality streaming, etc. on mobile devices. 4G, however, is not a standardized network, and can refer to several different competing technologies, including WIMAX, HSPA+, and LTE.

- A personal Web site that typically contains a series of chronological entries by its author, these can include text based or image based websites such as tumblr, facebook, and twitter.

- Internet connection speed provided by telephone and cable TV companies; high-speed runs at 1 to 15 million bits per second. With that, the broadband information can be multiplexed and sent on many different frequencies or channels within the band at the same time, while allowing more information to be transmitted in a given amount of time

- Digital line that transmit at fast speed on existing standard copper telephone wire. Group of technologies providing high-capacity transmission over existing copper telephone lines.

- hierarchial system with a root domain, top-level domains, second-level domains and host computers at third level; converts domain names to IP addresses.

- bound strands of clear glass fiber; used for transferring large volumes of data as pulses of light.

- An early and still prevalent TCP protocol for transferring files between users across the internet using a Client/Server relationship and had no built in data encryption. Port numbers are 20, 21

- specific geographic location in which the access point provides public wifi network service. This is usually accomplished through the use of a router connected to a link to an internet service provider

- very simple device that connects network components, sending a packet of data to all other connected devices. A switch has more intelligence than a hub and can filter and forward data to a specified destination on the network.

) - The prevalent protocol for transferring data across the Internet for use in web browsers. HTTP today handles various data sent over these connections, but they are all referenced via a document which features Hypertext Markup and handled by various other processes accessable via the Web Browser.

- A primary protocol by which data is sent from one computer to another on the internet based on source and destination addresses. There are three main types of classes. Class A = 0-126, 127 used for loop back ; Class B = 128-191; Class C = 192 - 223.

- a company that offers internet access to individuals and businesses for a monthly or yearly fee(s)

A group of computers linked together in a limited geographic area such as an home/office building.

) - Same as a LAN but restricted to a larger area (maximum distance between 50 - 60 miles).

-electromagnetic energy having a frequency higher than 1 gigahertz corresponding to wavelength shorter than 30 centimeters.

Expansion card inserted into a computer to enable it to connect to a network; in modern laptops the NIC is already built-in

- a digital networking communications method that groups all transmitted data; packets are typically routed from source to destination using network routers and switches.

- Network architecture that gives equal power to all computers on the network; used primarily in small networks; is often employed in file-sharing programs such as Limewire, Vuze, etc. to allow users to download and upload from each other

device that forwards packets between networks. Using its internal routing table, it maps the route from network to network, calculating the quickest route to go from one place to another, while reading its address information found within the packet. In most cases, small office and basic home routers forward packets from computers out onto the Internet where it's forwarded to other countless routers to reach its final destination.

- A Standardized XML format for distributing data feeds residing in plain-text files which can be read by many different applications. The data are considered 'feeds' which can be subscribed to.

- The process of changing a web site's content, layout, and format in order to increase the ranking of the site on popular search engines, and to generate more site visitors. For example, search engine optimization would make a website appear at the top of google searches as many tags as possible so that the website can easily be found and therefore have more visitors.

- Ways of making the web "more intelligent" with machine-fascilitated understanding of information so that searches can be more intuitive, effective, and executed using intelligent software agents.

- The slang term for the Digital Signal 1 line, a switched Circuit of 24 8-bit 64kbit channels which support 1.544Mbit of data and 1.536Mbit of Bandwidth though Time Division Multi-Plexing. Typically service is offered over Fractional or Full Values, indicating either a subset of channels are active or all channels are active.

- Describes the "layout" or "mapping" of how a network is set up and laid out; a "star" topology, for instance, is a switch or hub located in the middle of multiple client computers connected together to communicate with one another. Not that it is dependent on the mapping, depending on the topology of the network, certain forms of medium is more effectively used to gain a better responsiveness with communication.

- provides reliable, ordered delivery of a stream of bytes from a program on one computer to another program on another computer

a specific character string that constitutes a reference to an internet resource.A URL is technically a type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) but in many technical documents and verbal discussions URL is often used as a synonym for URI.

- the use of public infrastructure such as the internet to create a private and secure network that you can log into from any location.

- transmission techniques for the delivery of digital telephone communications over Internet Protocol (IP)

- The term associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing and user-centered design/collaboration on the internet. Ex. Social Networking and Blogging.

- an undefined description of various Internet services and technologies which predict and portend to convey that the Web becomes smarter and services will provide the user information they will want to see automatically because the services return services and information based on intelligence gathered about the user's trends and habits during their daily usage. The most prominent use of such technologies at this time is advertising.

A network which spans several Local Area Networks across an expanded geographic area using either the Internet backbone or Private Digital Networks through Wireless Backbone carriers or Private Fiber Optic Network carriers who supply you with encrypted switched point to point connections.

- standards of wireless fidelity and refers to 802.11 family of wireless networking standards. Allows for wireless connection of electronic devices. So devices with wi-fi such as smartphones, laptops and game consoles can connect to the internet.

- collaborative websites where visitors can add, delete or modify content, including the works of previous authors.

Stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. It uses microwaves to transmit data wirelessly. This wireless transmission excels in covering large geographic areas. WiMax currently has a signal radius of up to 30 miles and just recently was tested to be able to support speeds of up to 100Mb/s.

- refers to regular HTTP data sent through an encrypted SSL/TLS. Port number is 80