Local Area Networking Worksheet

Unique identification number for your system on the network
Primary protocol of most modern networks, including the Internet
NIC uses this value to distinguish which part of the IP address identifies the network ID and which part identifies the host
large network that covers a particular area
This item interconnects systems on a LAN
The address your computer uses to send data to anything outside your network
Special computers that keep databases of IP addresses and their corresponding names
gets an application's data from one machine to another reliably and completely
works best when you have a lot of data to send but it doesn't need to be perfect
Command to see if your computer can talk to another computer or network
the language of the WWW
command that enables you to determine exactly the information the DNS server is giving you about a specific host name