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IP packets and addresses

There are no skills in this presentation, but we'll see how objects are sent across the Internet. The bits in the object file are broken up into packets, sent across, and the packets are reassembled to recreate the original file. The packets have two parts, a header and a body, and the sending and receiving computers must have unique IP addresses. We also introduce the term domain name – a computer name that is easy for people to remember.... Show More

Keywords:: packet body, domain name, IP address, IP packet, packet header

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Academic Support Services / Library and Information Services / Information and Communication Technology Literacy / Information Literacy Standards

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Material Type:: Tutorial
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 22, 2011
Date Modified in MERLOT:: June 22, 2016
Author:: Larry Press, CSUDH
Submitter:: Larry Press

Primary Audience:: High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States