How the Internet Works Course

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Free Online Course: How the Internet Works Course provided by Treehouse is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for Less than 1 hour of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. How the Internet Works Course is taught by Joy Kesten.

Overview
  • Knowing how the technology you use everyday works will make you a more thoughtful and powerful user of technology.

    In this course we'll explore how the Internet works, by investigating hardware like routers, switches, and servers and the TCP/IP protocols that define how information moves from computer to computer.

    What you'll learn

    • Clients and Servers
    • TCP/IP
    • Routers and Switches
    • Connecting to the Internet

Syllabus
  • The Internet

    What is the Internet? How does it do what it do? And how in the world is it possible to get web pages from around the world in a matter of seconds?

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    • The History of the Internet

      2:21

    • Check your facts, your history facts that is!

      4 questions

    • The Big Picture

      2:59

    • The Big Picture

      3 questions

    • Clients and Servers

      2:04

    • Client and Servers

      4 questions

    • TCP/IP

      3:04

    • TCP/IP Protocol Suite

      5 questions

    • Routers and Switches

      2:32

    • Routers and Switches

      5 questions

    • Connecting to the Internet

      2:57

    • Your Big Picture Review

      1 question