CONNECTING COMPUTERS

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (F.A.Q)

Notes on the Assignment

As the Assignment seeks to demonstrate connecting computers it was a conscious decision to only use hypertext links for the Bibliography. The Assigment has been placed on my own server/domain for viewing at : http://www.bazzer.co.uk/buzzy . All files and HTML pages used in the Assugnment were transferred to the server using FTP Explorer (a freeware File Transfer Protocol client).

Click on the question below to find the answer to your FAQ:

• What is a Computer Network?

• What is an iMac?

• What is Public Key Encryption?

• What is Electronic Mail?

• What are Newsgroups?

Bibliography and Internet Links

1. Public Key Encryption

2. Pretty Good Privacy

3. Cryptography

4. Blowfish : example of an encryption algorithm

5. Encyclopedia Brittanica (on-line)

6. Apple Macintosh

7. Usenet Newsgroups

8. Beginners Guide to the Internet

9. Network protocols

10. TCP/IP and Routing (on-line tutorial)