IC3 Living Online (A test in the IC3 series that measures knowledge of Information Technology usage in daily life) Latest Questions & Answers.

IC3 Living Online (A test in the IC3 series that measures knowledge of Information Technology usage in daily life) Latest Questions & Answers. IP Address The Internet Protocol address is a unique number assigned to each device connecting to the internet. Browser A software program used to browse the internet. Examples include; Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Chrome. Protocol Rules used by electronic devices to communicate with each other. HTTP or FTP are the primary examples. ISP Internet Service Provider A company that provides it's clients with an IP address and a connection to the internet. ISPs in the Cleveland area include WOW, TimeWarner, COX, WindStream, and ATT. Most schools in our area use LNOCA.. URL Uniform Resource Locator. It is the web address for a site that directs the browser to a specific IP address. For example DNS Abbreviation for "Domain Name System". A distributed database that links domain names such as "" to specific IP addresses. Also refers to DNS server, a name server, keeps a list of names and the IP addresses associated with each name. .com A domain name suffix which denotes a commercial or business web address. .edu A domain name suffix which denotes an educational institution. .net A general purpose domain name suffix, originally intended for organizations involved with networking technologies, but anyone may now use a .net address. .org A domain name suffix originally intended to denote a non-profit organization (this was not strictly enforced and anyone may actually register for a .org address) .mil A domain name suffix which denotes a web address owned by the United States military .gov A domain name suffix which denotes a ownership by the United States government. LAN Local Area Network, contained to a relatively small small geographic area (school, business, home). WAN Wide Area Network. Two or more local area networks connected in a wide spread geographic region Intranet A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet, but limited to use within the organization. Client/Server Model For a local-area network, a hierarchical model in which one or more computers act as dedicated servers and all the remaining computers act as clients. The server fills requests from clients for data transfers and may run applications hosted on the server. Client Computer that is connected to a network and requests data from a server. Also called a Node. Node Another name for Client on a network. Server A computer designated to handle requests for data transfers from client computers on a network. Router A device that routes packets between networks based on network-layer addresses; determines the best path across a network. Also are used to connect separate LANs to form a WAN. Hub Used to connect network components, like a switch, but less sophisticated. Switch a device used to connect components of a network. It is more sophisticated than a hub and can filter and forward data to a specified destination on the network..