Internet

Internet fundamentals

Terms

7 terms

  • Autonomous system

    An autonomous system is a network under one administrative routing policy, identified by an AS number and connected to the rest of the Internet through BGP.

  • Internet

    The Internet is the global network of independently operated networks that exchange traffic using the TCP/IP protocol suite and shared addressing and naming.

  • Internet backbone

    The internet backbone is the set of high-capacity fiber networks, routers and interconnections that carry traffic between regions and major networks.

  • Internet exchange point

    An internet exchange point is a shared physical facility where networks interconnect to exchange internet traffic directly, usually through peering.

  • ISP

    An ISP, or internet service provider, is an organization that connects homes, businesses and other networks to the global internet for a fee.

  • TCP/IP suite

    The TCP/IP suite is the layered family of protocols, built around IP, TCP and UDP, that moves data between devices across the Internet.

  • World Wide Web WWW

    The World Wide Web is the global system of linked documents and applications identified by URLs and delivered over the internet with HTTP.