Unit Exam #1: Computer Networks

• A message is an actual data being communicated.
• A sender is a source of initiating or the one to send the data.
• A receiver is a destination where the data is received.
• A transmission medium is a communication channel that is the pathway of the data to travel from sender to receiver.
• A protocol is a set of rules that acts as the guide how the data should be communicated.
• How Data Communication Works?

  The data is being transferred between the source and destination with the follow-up of:

  encoding, formatting & encapsulation, timing, size, and delivery options.
• Internet Ethics of Communication?


  Communicate politely, safely, and respectfully with the terms of keeping the appropriate way of one another's virtual connection./
• Internet Ethics of Copyrights?


  Do not intend to steal someone's personal data as well as its own intellect source to copy without permission or credits.
• Internet Ethics of Online Protection?


  Use strong passwords to all your platforms' accounts to avoid being victimized from phishing and other cyber threats.
• A web browser is the type of software that allows you to find & view websites on the Internet.
• A URL or Universal Resource Locator is the unique address of a website.
• A hyperlink is used to navigate the Web going to a different webpage when clicked.
• The Back & Forward Buttons allow you to move websites you've recently viewed.
• A refresh button is used to reload the current page.
• Bookmarks are great way to save and organize specific websites to revisit them again.
• Plug-ins are small applications that allow you to view certain types of content within your web browser.
• Downloading is an act of receiving data or a file from the Internet onto your computer.
• Uploading is an act of sending data or a file from your computer to somewhere on Internet.
• Search Engines make information easier to find.
• Search Suggestions usually appear as you're typing search terms.
• A hyphen is used to refine search by excluding a word from a search.
• Quotation Marks used to narrow down search resulting with the exact words or phrases.
• Content-specific Searches link at top of webpage that allow you to filter search based on content.
• Search Tools used to narrow further searches based on the type of content.
• A Domain Name is the most prominent part of a web address.