Chapter 6 – Network Servers
6.1.1 Client/Server Relationships | | 1. | What is a server? | A host running a software application that provides info or services to other hosts connected to the network. | | 2. | What factor is crucial to enabling complex interactions? | They all use agreed standards and protocols | | 3. | What is a client? | Name given used a device that is running web client software | | 4. | What is the key characteristic of client/server systems? | Client sends a request to a server and the server responds by carrying out a function. | | 5. | What is the most commonly used instance of a client/server system? | Combination of a web browser and web server | 6.1.1.4 Activity | 6.1.2 Role of Protocols in Client/Server Communication | | 6. | What does HTTP define? | Hypertext transfer protocol It uses a method to transfer or convey info on the world wide web | | 7. | What is the transport protocol that manages the individual conversations between web servers and web clients? | TCP transmission control protocol | | 8. | What else does TCP provide? | It provides flow control and acknowledgement of packets exchanged bw host | | 9. | What is the most common internetwork protocol? | Internet protocol IP | | 10. | What is IP responsible for? | Taking the formatted segments from TCP, assigning the the local addressing, and encapsulating them into packets 4 routing to destination host | | 11. | What governs how the bits are represented on the media, how the signals are sent over the media, and how they are interpreted by the receiving hosts? | The standards and protocols | 6.1.3 TCP and UDP Transport Protocols | | 12. | What are the two most common transport protocols? | TCP(transmission control protocol) and UDP(user datagram protocol) | | 13. | What protocol is used when an application requires acknowledgment that a message is delivered? | TCP | | 14. | What type of system is UDP? |