Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Unit 5 - Internet and WWW

    Uploaded by

    Lori
    7 views1 page
    The Internet connects networks of computers globally. Domain names like "bbc.co.uk" are easier for humans to remember than IP addresses and are translated to IP addresses by Domain Name Servers. Internet Service Providers connect customers to the Internet. HTML uses tags to format text and include hyperlinks, images, and videos in web pages. IP addresses identify devices but IPv4 only allowed 4 billion addresses, so IPv6 was developed using 128-bit addresses written as groups of hex numbers. Key components to access the Internet are switches within local networks, modems to convert digital to analog signals, and routers to forward data between networks.

    Original Description:

    Original Title

    Unit 5_Internet and WWW

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    The Internet connects networks of computers globally. Domain names like "bbc.co.uk" are easier for humans to remember than IP addresses and are translated to IP addresses by Domain Name Servers. Internet Service Providers connect customers to the Internet. HTML uses tags to format text and include hyperlinks, images, and videos in web pages. IP addresses identify devices but IPv4 only allowed 4 billion addresses, so IPv6 was developed using 128-bit addresses written as groups of hex numbers. Key components to access the Internet are switches within local networks, modems to convert digital to analog signals, and routers to forward data between networks.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    7 views1 page

    Unit 5 - Internet and WWW

    Uploaded by

    Lori
    The Internet connects networks of computers globally. Domain names like "bbc.co.uk" are easier for humans to remember than IP addresses and are translated to IP addresses by Domain Name Servers. Internet Service Providers connect customers to the Internet. HTML uses tags to format text and include hyperlinks, images, and videos in web pages. IP addresses identify devices but IPv4 only allowed 4 billion addresses, so IPv6 was developed using 128-bit addresses written as groups of hex numbers. Key components to access the Internet are switches within local networks, modems to convert digital to analog signals, and routers to forward data between networks.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 1

    Internet and World Wide Web

    The Internet - The word internet is a shortened form of the words ‘inter’ and ‘network’, which
    together means ‘interconnected networks’.
    Domain Name - Domain names are used to identify one or more IP addresses. They are more
    convenient to use and easier to remember than the four octets of binary numbers. Eg, the IP
    address of bbc.co.uk is 212.58.244.27.
    Domain Name Service (DNS) - An internet service that translates domain names into IP
    addresses. Every time a user enters a domain name, a domain name service (DNS) must translate
    the name into the corresponding IP address.
    Internet Service Provider (ISP) - An organization that provides its customers with a
    connection to the Internet.
    HTML
    Hyper Text Markup Language essentially a text document that contains any text to be displayed
    along with:
    - Details of how the text should be formatted (eg. Font size, colour etc)
    - Details of any hyperlinks and where they link to using a URL
    - Details of any objects such as pictures or videos that should be shown within the web
    page when it is displayed.

    The need for IP addressing standard


    An IP address is a set of numbers that are used to identify one particular computer. The IP address
    is like a postal address. It allows internet data and messages to be sent to the correct computer.
    IP addresses originally consisted of four 8-bit numbers (octets) for version 4 address (IPv4), for
    eg 216.27.64.137. This contains 32 binary bits and provides only 4 billion unique addresses.
    IPv6 uses 128 binary bits to create a single unique address on the network. An IPv6 address is
    expressed by eight groups of hexadecimal numbers separated by colons.

    Components needed to access the Internet


    1. Switch – a device that receives incoming data packets and redirects them to their
    destination on a local area network (LAN).
    2. Modem – short for modulator-demodulator. It modulates and demodulates signals (i.e
    converts them from digital to analogue and vice versa) sent from and received by a
    computer over a communications network.
    3. Router - A piece of networking hardware used to forward packets of data from one
    network to another.

    Computer Science Dr.MTK Helix

    You might also like