Тема 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.
Internet is an international computer network that provides users with access to information stored on thousands of different computer systems that tie together millions of different computers.
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