IIT Hardware Unit Links

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Hardware Terms


Describes what a server is and gives examples of several types.
Servers

Describes the Peer-to-Peer model of networking.
Peer-to-Peer

Describes how information is broken up into little chunks and 
sent out on a
network to another computer to be reassembled at that computer.
Packet Switching

Describes how networks keep track of which computer to send 
information to.
IP Addressing

Describes the standard used for cables and network cards for 
networking.
Ethernet

Explains binary digits and how they are used by the computer.
Bits and Bytes



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