CAVSI - Technical Questions & Answers

What is TCP/IP?

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TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is the basic communication language or protocol of the Internet. Originally designed for the UNIX operating system, TCP/IP software is now available for every major kind of computer operating system. To be truly on the Internet, your computer must have TCP/IP software.

TCP/IP is a two-layer program:...

What is Telnet?

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Telnet is a user command and an underlying TCP/IP protocol for accessing remote computers. Through Telnet, an administrator or another user can access someone else’s computer remotely. On the Web, HTTP and FTP protocols allow you to request specific files from remote computers, but not to actually be logged on as a user of that computer. With Telnet, you log on as a regular user with whatever privileges you may have been granted to the specific application and data on that computer.

Telnet clients are available for all major operating systems....

What is a Spider?

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Computer robot programs, referred to sometimes as “crawlers”, “knowledge-bots” or “knowbots” are used by search engines to roam the World Wide Web via the Internet, visit sites and databases, and keep the search engine database of web pages up to date.

They obtain new pages, update known pages, and delete obsolete ones. Their findings are then integrated into the “home” database....

What is a Keyword?

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Keywords are words used to search for information relating to an assignment topic. A keyword doesn’t have to be a single word – sometimes it can be a phrase.

Some keywords will come directly from the assignment topic (topic words). Other keywords will be associated with the topic (synonyms and/or related concepts)....

What is an IP Address?

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An IP address short for Internet Protocol address is a unique number consisting of 4 parts separated by dots, e.g. 165.113.245.2

Every machine that is on the Internet has a unique IP address. If a machine does not have an IP number, it is not really on the Internet. Most machines also have one or more Domain Names that are easier for people to remember....

What is Computer Data Storage?

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Computer data storage, computer memory, and often casual storage or memory refer to computer components, devices, and recording media that retain digital data used for computing for some interval of time.

Computer data storage provides one of the core functions of the modern computer, that of information retention. It is one of the fundamental components of all modern computers and is coupled with a central processing unit (CPU, a processor)....

What is Computer Data?

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Computer data is any information in a form suitable for storage in or processing by a computer. Data can be propositions such as numbers, words, or images.

Computer data is used to run programs, store program or system configuration information, and store information....