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14694490533Innovationa novel or improved idea, device, product, etc, or the development thereof0
14694490534Prototypea preliminary sketch of an idea or model for something new. It's the original drawing from which something real might be built or created1
14694490535Binarya way of representing information using only two options2
14694490536Binary Questiona question to which there are only two possible answers3
14694490537Binary Messagea message that can only be one of two possible values4
14694490538Bit (contraction of "Binary Digit")the single unit of information in a computer, typically represented as a 0 or 15
14694490539Bandwidthtransmission capacity measure by bit rate6
14694490540Bit rate (sometimes written bitrate)the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time. e.g. 8 bits/sec7
14694490541Latencytime it takes for a bit to travel from its sender to its receiver8
14694490542Protocola set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices9
14694490543ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)the universally recognized raw text format that any computer can understand10
14694490544Code (v)to write code, or to write instructions for a computer11
14694490545Request for Comments (RFC) documentshow standards and protocols are defined and published for all to see on the IETF website12
14694490546IETF (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
14694490547Interneta group of computers and servers that are connected to each other14
14694490548Net Neutralitythe principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally by Internet Service Providers15
14694490549IP Addressa number assigned to any item that is connected to the Internet16
14694490550Packetssmall chunks of information that have been carefully formed from larger chunks of information17
14694490551Routera computer which receives messages travelling across a network and redirects them towards their intended destinations based on the addressing information included with the message18
14694490552TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)provides reliable, ordered, and error-checked delivery of a stream of packets on the Internet19
14694490553DNS (Domain Name System)the Internet's system for converting alphabetic names into numeric IP addresses20
14694490554Hypertext 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
14694490555Abstractionreducing information and detail to focus on essential characteristics22
14694490556Servera computer that awaits and responds to requests for data23
14694490557Clienta computer that requests data stored on a server24
14694490558URLan easy-to-remember address for calling a web page (like www.code.org)25

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