What are the elements needed for Internet connection?

      

Discuss the elements one needs in order to get connected to the Internet.

  

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Maurice
(a) Modem: A modem (modulator-demodulator) is a device that converts digital signals from your computer to analogue to allow transportation over most media and again to convert back the signals from analogue to digital on the receiving computer.

(b) Internet Software: This is a software that is used to establish communication links between computers on the internet and enable one to access internet resources such as:

(i) Web browsers which include Google chrome, Internet Explorer or Mozilla firefox.

(ii) Email software which includes Hotmail, Yahoo or gmail.
These programmes work under set of standards called protocols ( or protocols can be defined as set of rules and procedures that govern how computers and related devices communicate and transfer data signals.)

For the Internet, the most common protocols are:
(i) http: (Hypertext Transfer Protocol): Is a language that web clients and servers use to communicate with each other in order to send and receive data signals.

(ii) IP (Internet Protocol): Determines the addressing on the internet. IP address or network address is a numeric form of address that identifies every machine on the internet.
Therefore every machine has a unique IP address such as 192.168.100.80 which is a 32-bit binary numbers.

(iii) TCP(Transmission Control Protocol): Governs how data is transferred from one place to another over internet.

(c) Computer system: A powerful computer system (PC or laptop) is required preferably with a high speed processor with large amount memory (RAM) capacity.

(d) Telecommunication medium channel: In order for you to access and use the internet, telecommunication facilities like satellite transmission system and telephone lines should be availed in order for one to communicate globally.

(e) An Internet Service Provider (ISP): ISP is a company that connects you to the Internet at a fee. It connects your home or office computer to the Internet at a fee. Such service providers include Safaricom.com, Zuku.com and Access Kenya.com
maurice.mutuku answered the question on April 13, 2018 at 08:25


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