Whats this question mean?

[BoomAM]

Hi.
I`m just doing an comunications assignment, and im stuck. I have no idea on what the last two pass criteria questions are asking me;

P6-Identift and describe the basic roles of a range of interconnection devices.

Any ideas? It seems strikingly similar to "describe and illustrate the role of the various componets that make up a LAN".

AND

P7-Distinguish between the internet and the world wide web, and describe a range of services they provide

?
I thought that the WWW and internet were the same thing.
And as for the services part, am i suppost to list things like email, ftp, streaming media, ect;? or something else?

Any help would be appriciated.

 

[Pex]

internet = machines, servers, and wires. hardware of the interweb



www = websites and everything else (email, usenet...)

 

[BoomAM]

Thanks.
What about the other one.

 

[XZeroII]

You sould be learning this stuff in class, or at least have a book to read.

 

[BoomAM]

Originally posted by: XZeroII
You sould be learning this stuff in class, or at least have a book to read.

Problem (1): It was realised last week, that 4 weeks before the end of college, that the two people involved in the course that im on (me and my mate jamie), wouldnt have enough units to pass the course. 18 is needed. They forgot the 18th. We had 17.
So, the engineering department of my college decided to make a large assignment that covered everything in the specialist unit called "Communications for PC Technicians". And gave it us. With 3 weeks to do it.
No classes, there arnt enough classrooms or lecturers.
No books to help(that they mentioned).

Luckly for me and my mate, i knew alot of it anyway, but im not clear on what alot of the questions asked. Hence this thread.


Heres what ive written for the internet/www question, nothing indepth, but i think(correct me if im wrong), it covers everything needed.

Although both terms are often thought to be the same, just with a different name, they are very different, despite being related in uses.
The term internet, generally means the actual hardware in use for the ?web? to function. This includes both the client side computers, the servers, the physical connections between them, and other such things. In short, every bit of hardware that is used to make it ?work? is classed as ?internet?.
The term ?World Wide Web? isn?t as commonly used as internet. It means all the software side of things that make the ?web? what it is. Like the actual websites.
Together they provide a wide range of services. These can include;
· Electronic Mail Services (E-Mail)
· UseNet
· FTP
· Streaming Media

 

[Pex]

"includes both the client side computers, the servers, the physical connections between them"


thats more than 2...get rid of both.


"includes the client side computers, the servers, the physical connections between them"

 

[cronos]

Originally posted by: Pex
internet = machines, servers, and wires. hardware of the interweb

www = websites and everything else (email, usenet...)

i believe it's the other way around:

www = part of internet that you acces with http protocol

(from one of the results from google):
(World Wide Web) Also called WWW, W3, or just the Web, the World Wide Web is the whole gamut of hypertext servers that let HTML programmers present virtual, on-screen pages combining text, graphics, audio, and other file types -- not to mention links to other pages. Users point and click to access World Wide Web pages using browser software, such as Netscape Navigator, which provides the front-end once the Internet connection is actually established.

internet = everything that uses TCP/IP (http, ftp, telnet, ssh, etc)

(again, from google search):
The Internet is a collection of networked computers all over the world. The World Wide Web (WWW) is a part of the Internet, but is not the Internet itself. The Internet has many parts besides the WWW, such as email, ftp, and usenet, although a lot of these are fuzzy and tend to mix together nowadays. Basically, anything that uses TCP/IP is probably a part of the Internet.

 

[BoomAM]

So what is it?

 

[IcemanJer]

You have the right idea about the first one.

Pick up any standard networking textbook at your local library and you'll find the answers.

 

[BoomAM]

Are the www/internet things the right way around in my description?

I have a guide to networking book on my desk now, and i still have no idea on the "Identify and describe the basic roles of a range of interconnection devices." question.
What does it mean by Interconnection?

 

[cronos]

i stand by my answer:

internet = interconnected network (network of network) that uses TCP/IP (http, ftp, telnet, ssh, etc)

www = part of internet that is accessed through http (hypertext)

you might want to elaborate a little bit but that's basically it.

as for the first one, it's hard to really understand it without any context, especially the meaning of the word 'range' (which is the one word that made the question unclear), so i would rather not guess.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: saxguy
i stand by my answer:

internet = interconnected network (network of network) that uses TCP/IP (http, ftp, telnet, ssh, etc)

www = part of internet that is accessed through http (hypertext)

you might want to elaborate a little bit but that's basically it.

as for the first one, it's hard to really understand it without any context, especially the meaning of the word 'range' (which is the one word that made the question unclear), so i would rather not guess.

You are essentially correct; the www is the subset of the internet that is graphically displayed within a web browser via the use of the http protocol.

Also correct in that the first question is quite ambiguous: Basic roles? Range? Interconnection devices? You need to know the definitions of these within the context of the class before you can come up with a meaningful answer that will satisfy the requirements of the instructor.

And thumbs down to the instructor for asking such a poorly worded, ambiguous question.

 

[BoomAM]

The question was strait off the marking criteria for a pass grade. Even he complains on how vague it is.

Heres my revised answer to the WWW/Internet question, opinion?

Although both terms are often thought to be the same, just with a different name, they are very different, despite being related in uses.
The term Internet generally means an interconnected network, a network of networks as it were. Any part of it that uses TCP/IP, such as http, FTP & Telnet, for example, are classified as part of the ?internet?
The phrase ?world wide web?, means the everything that access?s the html functions of the internet, such as webpages/websites.
The ?WWW? is essentially the front end for the Internet. When we are browsing a website, and clicking on various links, we are essentially accessing the ?WWW?. Everything on a website from the links, to the text, to the images and sound, are part of the ?WWW?.
We typically access the ?WWW? using an Internet browser, such as the commonly used Microsoft Internet Explorer, or lesser-used browsers like Netscape Navigator, Opera & Mozilla. These provide the function of accessing the ?WWW? once the initial connection to a remote server has been made.
Together, the Internet & ?WWW? can provide a wide range of services which almost seamlessly integrate with one another.
These can include;
· Electronic Mail Services (E-Mail)
· UseNet
· FTP
· Streaming Media

And heres what google throws up about that interconnection question;
http://college.sasyboy.co.uk/CT/p6.doc
Not helpful at all.