THE INTERNET KEY TERMS

IMPORTANT INTERNET TERMS

Point of Presence (PoP)
Network Access Point
(NAP)
Internet Protocol (IP)
Transmission Control
Protocol (TCP)
File Transfer Control
Protocol (FTP)
Internet Service Provider
(ISP)
ISP Services

Server
Client
Router
Connecting backbone

is an artificial demarcation point or interface point

between communicating entities
A Network Access Point was a public network exchange
facility
The Internet Protocol is the principal communications
protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying
datagrams across network boundaries
The Transmission Control Protocol is a core protocol of the
Internet protocol suite
The File Transfer Protocol is a standard network protocol
used to transfer computer files from one host to another
An Internet service provider is an organization that
provides services for accessing, using, or participating in
the Internet
Internet service providers may be organized in various
forms, such as commercial, community-owned, non-profit,
or otherwise privately owned
INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE
a computer or computer program which manages access
to a centralized resource or service in a network
a desktop computer or workstation that is capable of
obtaining information and applications from a server
router is a device that forwards data packets along
networks
On the Internet or other wide area network, a backbone is
a set of paths that local or regional networks connect to
for long-distance interconnection

INTERNET CONNECTION METHODS

Description
Advantages
Wireless

Broadband

Wireless networks
No cable required
are computer
networks that are
not connected by
cables of any kind
In
Fast
telecommunications,
broadband is a wide
bandwidth data
transmission with an
ability to
simultaneously

Disadvantages
Too many users
will slow it down

Not all phone

wires are
equipped for
DSL service

Dial up

Ethernet
Bandwidth
Bit

transport multiple
signals and traffic
types
The alternative is a
dedicated
connection, which is
continuously in
place

all that you need

is a dial-up
account and the
modem built into
your computer to
connect to the
Internet

The key
disadvantage of
dial-up Internet
access is that it
is slow

1. a system for connecting a number of computer systems to

form a local area network
a range of frequencies within a given band, in particular
that used for transmitting a signal
is the smallest unit of data in a computer