The Internet - Word Drop

The Internet is a worldwide network of networks, the largest example of a ______. Its connections include copper and fibre optic cables, WiFi signals and ______ in space. The devices attached to it, from phones and laptops to ______ full of computers, are part of it too. Cables on the ocean floor, called ______ cables, link countries and continents.

The Internet began in 1969 as ______, a network funded by the US military. It was designed as a mesh of routes, so data could be ______ if one route was destroyed. The Internet is just the connections, and its usefulness comes from the many ______ built on top of it, such as the web and email.

The World Wide Web is a collection of web pages. It is called a web because the ______ between pages look like a spider's web. You view pages with a web ______ such as Chrome or Firefox, and they are stored on web servers. Email needs a unique ______ so messages reach the right person, and can carry text, images and attachments. Emails are stored on mail servers and often read through a website called ______, instead of with email client software.

Playing video or audio without downloading the whole file first is called ______. The data arrives in small ______ that must be played in the correct order. It needs a fast, stable connection with enough ______, the amount of data sent per second. Software then plays the stream.