A user is anybody that interacts with a device to use programs. Devices rely on users, otherwise the device is sitting around, doing nothing.
A user could use a device to transfer or withdraw money from banks.
A user could use a device to entertain themselves with games or cat videos.
A user could also use a device to learn something that can help them.
A Browser is a computer program that can filter through the World Wide Web. A browser can be used to browse the Web (hence browse). e.g Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer. A user would most likely use a browser so that they can browse the World Wide Web.
A device is anything that can connect to the internet. For a device to even be useful it needs a user because without a user the device can't do anything. A device could be a PC, phone, ipad, etc.
A Internet Service Provider is the people or servers that provides the internet for people that have subscribed to them. Whenever you search the internet your request is sent through the Internet Service Provider.
A webpage is a document on the internet that is made up of HTTP. These can either have information that will never change or information that can be changed by someone.
The World Wide Web is the collection of (just about) every website that has been made public to the world. The World Wide Web can be interacted by a user with the help of a browser.
A modem is a piece of technology that can send data across telephone lines by modulating/demodulating (that's why it's called a modem, it's short for modulation) data.
A network is a set of computers that are connected with either cables or wireless. A network is used to search the web for webpages or it can be used for communicating with other people.
A webserver is a program that stores various webpages. All around the world they connect together to give access to the World Wide Web.
Fiber optic cables are wires filled with glass. They work by being given information in binary and transmitting the binary in flashes down the wire to another device.
Webhosting is when a computer runs many websites with the same domain name. Larger websites may have only one computer working on them.
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Routers are a device or program that takes data and sends it down fiber optic cables and reasemble information when necessary. They also form paths that data will have to travel through to get to their destination.
A LAN (Localised Area Network) is a network that covers a specific location eg.Tawa College.
A RAN (Regional Area Network) is a network that covers a region eg.Wellington Region.
A WAN (World Area Network) is the network that surrounds the entire world.
The speed of the internet is controlled by the number of bytes that can travel per second. The faster your internet, the more bytes per second you have. Also, if your fiber optics has a problem somewhere across it, it will slow down every computer it is connected to.
A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the address of a weppage that uses http (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). It is used to identify every website so it can be found in a search query. e.g this websites URL just below.
