A collection of web pages and websites that are linked together
What is meant by 'web server'?
A powerful computer that stores web pages and sends them when they are requested
What is meant by 'streaming'?
Playing audio or video over the Internet without downloading it first
What was the name of the network that began in 1969 and first linked computers at universities in the United States?
ARPANET
What is meant by 'mail server'?
A computer that stores emails until the person they are sent to reads them
What is meant by 'web browser'?
Software on a device that is used to view web pages
What is meant by an 'attachment' in an email?
A file such as a document or photo sent with the message
What is the Internet?
A worldwide network of networks
Which of these connects countries and continents as part of the Internet?
Undersea cables
Why was the early Internet designed as a mesh of routes between locations?
So data could be re-routed if a route failed
Which statement about the Internet and the World Wide Web is correct?
The World Wide Web is one service that runs on the Internet
Why does each email user need a unique email address?
So messages are delivered to the right person
A student reads their email by logging into a website that connects to a mail server. What is this called?
Webmail
What happens to the data when a video is streamed?
It is sent in small chunks that play in order
A streamed film keeps pausing to buffer. What is the most likely reason?
The connection is too slow or unstable for the stream
A research base on a remote island has no cables joining it to the mainland, but its computers can still reach the Internet. Which part of the Internet is being used?
Satellites
Which of these is part of the Internet?
A phone connected to WiFi
Why is the World Wide Web called a web?
The links between the pages would look like a spider's web
A student has a fast, stable connection and wants to stream a film on a laptop. What else is needed?
Software to receive and play the chunks
A student can read the same emails either in an app on their phone or by logging into a website. Why is this possible?
The emails are stored on a mail server that both can connect to
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