Latency is the measurement of delay of an internet connection. It is the time in
milliseconds between a bit leaving one device and arriving at the other. Measured
in bits per second.
Router
Conntect a LAN to WAN.
Bandwith
Measurement of capacity of an internet
connection. It is the number of bits that can go
through the network connection in one second.
Measured in bits per second.
Wireless Security
Set an acess key/password.
MAC Filtering
Hide SSID
Network
Devices connected together to
allow communtication and to
exchange data
Cloud Computing
A system in which all computer programs and
data is stored on a central server owned by a
company and accessed virtually.
Location Services
Geo Tagging
Adds GPS co-ordinates to the images for reference or
social networking apps.
Email
IMAP
Emails pushed directly to phone/copy of
mail is kept both on client and server.
POP
Requries users to acess email via an internet
mail account/ mail deleted from server when
sent to client.
Online Dangers
Malware
Software that is desgined to cause
problems for users
Phishing
A form of internet fraud that steals
valuable information
Firewall
A system designed to prevent
unauthorised access to your
computer when connected to a
network such as the internet
Spyware
Software that can be installed on your computer without
your knowledge which collects information about logins
and passwords and sends details to another computer on
the internet.
Encryption
For security,data is translated
into a secret code