✩Unit 2 :The internet✩
✩Check for understanding✩

✩Lesson 1:Welcome to the internet✩


How do you use the Internet? Think about your typical day. When are you using the Internet? For what purposes? What role does it have in your life?

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You use the internet to communicate with people. I use the internet in the morning, during the day, and at night. Basically, I use it all the time. The purpose is that I use the Internet to text people and talk to them, go on social media, call people, etc. The internet plays a huge role in my life because I use it a lot and rely on it a lot in order to communicate with others.

✩Lesson 2:Building a network✩


Describe two different paths that a message could take from Person A to Person D.

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2 different paths that a message could take from person A to Person D is going from person A to B to D or going from person A to E to C to D. To make a cost-efficient and wire efficient network is by make sub-networks using the wires that are already there.

✩Lesson 3:The need for addressing✩


Pick the two statements that are true about the Internet Protocol (IP):

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Describe how the Internet Protocol (IP

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Having the Internet Protocol allows devices to connect and communicate easily because all devices get assigned an IP address that has where something is going and coming from.

✩Lesson 4:Routers and redundancy✩

Pick Two: If the post office delivered mail exactly like the routers deliver messages on the Internet, which of the following statements would be true?

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What are the benefits of building redundancy into a network? What are the potential issues with building redundancy?

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The benefits of building redundancy into a network is that it makes it more reliable. Some issues is that it can take up space.

✩Lesson 5:Packets✩


Which of the following is true regarding the way information is transmitted on the Internet?

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Answer the following:

What is Internet Protocol (IP)?

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Rules for addressing and sending data across the internet by assigning unique numbers to each connected device

What is Transmission control protocol (TCP)?

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Takes inventory of all packets in the datastream to ensure they are successfully sent and received.

What is a Packet

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Chunk of data and its metadata, used to route and reassemble information on the Internet.

What is a datastream

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The way in which information travels on the Internet, not as a single piece but in chunks.

User datagram protocol (UDP)?

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Sends all packets without checking whether they were received or ordered properly

✩Lesson 6: HTTP and DNS✩


What problem does the DNS solve?
How does the DNS help the world wide web scale so that billions of users can access billions of web pages?

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DNS solves putting domain names into ip addresses. The DNS directs users to webpages.