A law that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights to its use, distribution, and sale
Objects in the public domain are not subject to copyright laws, and thus may be freely used by the general public.
Stands for Uniform Resource Locator. You are locating a resource that exists somewhere on the internet.
An HTTP request is made by a client, to a named host, which is located on a server. The aim of the request is to access a resource on the server.
An HTTP response is made by a server to a client. The aim of the response is to provide the client with the resource it requested.
A philosophy of making information and knowledge open and accessible to all people. A network of networks built on open, agreed upon protocols.
A widely agreed upon set of rules that standardize communication between machines.
A group of two or more computer systems linked together.
The amount of data (in bits) that can be sent in a fixed amount of time.
The capacity of data transfer in a system. Measured by bitrate.
The latency of a system is the time it takes for a bit to travel from sender to receiver. Fiber optic cables have low latency.
An electronic device which is required for communication between devices.
A computing device is a physical artifact that can run a program.
Input devices are computing devices that are used to take in information from a user or another device.
Output devices are computing devices that are used to send computer data to the user.
Storage devices are computing devices that remember information.
A computing system is a group of computing devices and programs working together for a common purpose.
A computer network is a group of interconnected computing devices capable of sending or receiving data.
A protocol that defines the structure of an Internet address and assigns a unique address to every device on the Internet.
A new 128 bit version of the Internet Protocol.
Used to translate domain names into IP addresses.
Digital information generally comprises data that is created by, or prepared for, electronic systems and devices such as computers, screens, calculators, communication devices and so on, and can be stored on those devices or in the Cloud
The process of sending data between two computers on the internet. The data is sent through routers that determine the route.
When multiple paths exist between two points. This improves reliability and makes the internet fault tolerable. Makes the routing system scalable.
Packets are the units of data that are sent over the network.
HyperText Transfer Protocol is a protocol that standardizes the language for talking to web servers to send and receive web pages, or HyperText information (HTML pages).
Allows for sending MULTIPLE packets between two computers. TCP checks that all packets arrived and can be put back in the proper order. The metadata must include a destination IP address, a from IP address, the message size and the packet order number.
Distributed Denial of Service attack. Spam a web server with so many requests so close together that it crashes. Sometimes spitting out valuable information as it crashes.
Protocols for encrypting/decrypting information. Most cybersecurity breaches happen due to human error, not software bugs.
The usage of deceptive emails and websites to maliciously gather personal information
Examples of servers include web servers, mail servers, and file servers. Each of these servers provide resources to client devices. Most servers have a one-to-many relationship with clients, meaning a single server can provide multiple resources to multiple clients at one time.
Confirms the identity and authenticity of a website.
sequential programming refers to programs that are executed sequentially – once through, from start to finish, without other processing executing.
Completes multiple tasks at a time, simultaneously.
