Definitions

 Definitions:

1. History of Internet 

1. backbone — k) a central network connecting other networks together

2. bandwidth — e) the frequency width of a transmission channel in Hertz, kiloHertz, megaHertz, etc.

3. Wi-Fi — g) a form of wireless data communication

4. Archie — b) a computer program for searching files located on FTP sites over the Internet

5. gopher — a) an Internet application in which hierarchically-organized text files could be brought from servers all over the world to a viewer on your computer

6. router — d) a special-purpose computer (or software package) that handles the connection between two or more packet-switched networks

7. broadband — j) a transmission facility having a bandwidth sufficient to carry multiple voice, video or data channels simultaneously

8. client — f) an individual computer on a network that runs its own programs and processes information received from a central server

9. ADSL — m) technology to carry high speed data over ordinary phone lines

10. server — i) a computer, or a software package, that provides a specific kind of service to client software running on other computers

11. frame relay — l) a packet switching standard that achieves greater speeds with fast, reliable networks

12. host — c) any computer that has full two-way access to other computers on the Internet

13. packet switching — the method used to move data around on the Internet.