Networks

Question 1

internet

Answer 1

a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

Question 2

World Wide Web

Answer 2

a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the internet

Question 3

server

Answer 3

a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the “clients”

Question 4

common server software

Answer 4

printing, file sharing, game hosting, websites

Question 5

client

Answer 5

an application or system that accesses a service made available by a server

Question 6

common examples of clients

Answer 6

web browser page requests, chat systems on mobile phones, online games

Question 7

process of a web server delivering a web page to a client

Answer 7

1. the client sends a web request to the web server for a web page
2. the server fetches the page items from secondary storage
3. the server sends the page data back to the client