Networks and Cloud Computing
Networks and Cloud Computing
Pertemuan 6
Dr. Dedi Trisnawarman
Network Fundamentals
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Network Types
• Personal Area Network - A personal area
network (PAN) is a wireless network that
connects devices close to one person.
• Local Area Network - A network that connects
computer systems and devices within a small
area
• Metropolitan Area Network - a network that
connects users and their computers in a
geographical area
• Wide Area Network - is a network that connects
large geographic regions.
Communications Media
• Guided transmission
• Wireless communication
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Application Programming Interface (API)
• application programming interface (API): A set of programming
instructions and standards that enables one software program to
access and use the services of another software program.
• hardware independence: The ability of a software program to run on
any platform, without concern for the specific underlying hardware.
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The Internet and World Wide Web
• The cables, routers, switching stations,communication towers, and
satellites that make up these networks are thehardware over which
Internet traffic flows. The combined hardware of these and other NSPs—
the fiber-optic cables that span the globe over land and under sea—make
up the Internet backbone.
• Each computer on the Internet has an assigned address, called its
IPaddress, that identifies it on the Internet. An IP address is a 64-bit
numberthat identifies a computer on the Internet.
• A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a Web address that specifies
theexact location of a Web page using letters and words that map to an
IPaddress and a location on the host.
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How the Web Works
• Internet are accessed and viewed using Web
client software called a Web browser.
• Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the
standard page description language for Web
pages.
• Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup
language for Web documents containing
structured information
• Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) is a file or portion of
an HTML file that defines the visual appearance
of content in a Web page.
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Intranets and Extranets