Author Question: Summarize the steps in the process illustrated by the accompanying figure to describe how data ... (Read 391 times)

serike · **on:** Jul 31, 2018

Summarize the steps in the process illustrated by the accompanying figure to describe how data travels over the Internet.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

A(n) ___________________ _ is a general term that refers to both hardware and software used to restrict access to data on a network.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

LVPMS · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 31, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANSWER:
Step 1: Data is divided into small pieces, called packets.
Step 2: Packets travel over the Internet via routers.
Step 3: At the destination, the packets are reassembled into the original message.
If the most direct path to the destination is overloaded or not operating, routers send the packets along alternate paths. Although each packet may arrive out of sequence, the destination computer uses the sequence information contained in each packet to reassemble the original message, file, document, or request.

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
firewall