"In this chapter, we will look at packet switching networks and how, by putting TCP/IP on top of such a network, something useful happens.

We will talk about the basic protocols that govern how the Internet communicates: TCP and IP These are the network's building blocks. At this point the Internet is fairly boring (frustrating and hard to use). When you put the Domain Name System and a few applications on top of it, it becomes something useful."

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Worksheet -

Copy this into a word processor and answer questions from the readings.

WORKSHEET

READINGS - 4 big ideas

1. Moving Bits from One Place to Another

2. The Internet Protocol (IP)

3. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

4. The Domain Name System

These reading are from The Whole Internet by ED Kroll

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