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Unit: The Internet

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Introducing the Internet

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Connecting networks

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Computer networksGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Bit rate and bandwidthGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Addressing the Internet

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IP addressesGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Internet addressing protocolGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Quiz 1

Level up on the above skills and collect up to 320 Mastery points

Routing with redundancy

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Internet routing protocolGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Redundancy and fault toleranceGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Transporting packets

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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)Get 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Transporting packetsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Web protocols

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Domain name system (DNS)Get 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)Get 3 of 4 questions to level up!
Web protocolsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Quiz 2

Level up on the above skills and collect up to 560 Mastery points

Scalable systems

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Scalable systems
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Scalable systemsGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

The Internet protocol suite

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The Internet protocol suite
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The Internet protocol suiteGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Developing open protocols

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Open protocol development
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Open protocol developmentGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

The digital divide

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The digital divideGet 3 of 4 questions to level up!

Quiz 3

Level up on the above skills and collect up to 320 Mastery points

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Unit test

Level up on all the skills in this unit and collect up to 1500 Mastery points!

About this unit

This unit covers how the Internet works. Learn about the physical layer (Ethernet, Fiber, WiFi), the protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, HTTP), the World Wide Web, and the digital divide.