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04 - How does the Internet send data?

 1. The global computer _________ called the internet is part of our everyday lives at home and at school.

  network

  company

  government

  startup

 2. The internet is made up of millions of computers all over the world that are digitally connected to each other by ___________________.

  air

  love

   cable, fibre or wireless links.

  gold or silver nuggets.

 3. Bill visits a site to download an image. The image on the site is hosted on a ____________.

  satellite

  web server

  bus or train

  country's government headquarters

 4. Bill's computer sends a _______ to the web server. The _______ is sent in a packet.

  bit

  price

  byte

  request

 5. The packet contains information, including the _______ of the web server and Bill's own ____________. (this is like the address of each computer)

  IP address

  MAC address

  PIP address

  MIP address

 6. Special devices called _______ and devies called switches direct the packet from Bill's computer to the web server.

  routers

  mooters

  weboboards

  motherboards

 7. The packet can be sent through __________ which are under the sea or even satellite.

  oxygen filters

  rocket ships

  water

  fibre optic cables

 8. An image from the web server, would first need to be split up into hundreds of packets, which are then sent back to Bill's computer.

  TRUE

  FALSE

 9. All of these packets include information about how they should be put back together as well as where they are going and _______________.

  what their email address is.

  where they came from.

  where they go when they are unwanted.

  what they should look like to the human eye.

 10. The routers try to find the fastest possible route for each packet. They always take one route and are always sent and received in the same order.

  FALSE

  TRUE


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