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7615707356Innovationa novel or improved idea, device, product, etc, or the development thereof0
7615707357Prototypea preliminary sketch of an idea or model for something new. It's the original drawing from which something real might be built or created1
7615707358Binarya way of representing information using only two options2
7615707359Binary Questiona question to which there are only two possible answers3
7615707360Binary Messagea message that can only be one of two possible values4
7615707361Bit (contraction of "Binary Digit")the single unit of information in a computer, typically represented as a 0 or 15
7615707362Bandwidthtransmission capacity measure by bit rate6
7615707363Bit rate (sometimes written bitrate)the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time. e.g. 8 bits/sec7
7615707364Latencytime it takes for a bit to travel from its sender to its receiver8
7615707365Protocola set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices9
7615707366ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)the universally recognized raw text format that any computer can understand10
7615707367Code (v)to write code, or to write instructions for a computer11
7615707368Request for Comments (RFC) documentshow standards and protocols are defined and published for all to see on the IETF website12
7615707369IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)develops and promotes voluntary Internet standards and protocols, in particular the standards that comprise the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP)13
7615707370Interneta group of computers and servers that are connected to each other14
7615707371Net Neutralitythe principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally by Internet Service Providers15
7615707372IP Addressa number assigned to any item that is connected to the Internet16
7615707373Packetssmall chunks of information that have been carefully formed from larger chunks of information17
7615707374Routera computer which receives messages travelling across a network and redirects them towards their intended destinations based on the addressing information included with the message18
7615707375TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)provides reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of a stream of packets on the Internet19
7615707376DNS (Domain Name System)the Internet's system for converting alphabetic names into numeric IP addresses20
7615707377Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)the protocol used by the World Wide Web. It describes how messages are formatted and interchanged, and how web servers respond to commands21
7615707378Abstractionreducing information and detail to focus on essential characteristics22
7615707379Servera computer that awaits and responds to requests for data23
7615707380Clienta computer that requests data stored on a server24
7615707381URLan easy-to-remember address for calling a web page (like www.code.org)25

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