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| Question | Answer |
| What is the internet? | The internet is hardware that connects multiple computers using servers and routers. |
| What are the 4 main components of the internet? | Router Server Connecting Backbone Client |
| What is the router? | A router is a piece of hardware that connects two or more computers. |
| How does the router work? | The router is sent data which is then directed in data packets to the correct destination using IP addresses. The router also handles things going in the opposite direction. |
| What is a client? | A computer which uses the services provided by the server |
| What is the server? | A computer or program which runs to serve the needs of other computers. |
| What does the server do? | It runs software to meet the requirements of clients. There are multiple types of servers; client servers, web servers, and email servers. |
| What is the Connecting backbone? | The connecting backbone is the main connecting data routes between large networks and small networks. |
| What are the large networks? | Large networks are things on the internet |
| What are small networks? | Small networks are things in local regions |
| What does a print server do? | This puts your work into the printer queue when you want to print it and then it prints when your work is at the top of the queue |
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