DHCP and DNS
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Every device on a network needs a unique IP address. While these addresses can be manually assigned that is not […]
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IPv4 and IPv6
IP stands for Internet Protocol. The v in IPv4 and IPv6 is Version. We use IPv4 and IPv6 for identifying nodes on a network, each […]
Error detection and correction
When sending data over a network there is a possibility of interference and therefore errors occurring in the data. Here are two methods of detecting […]
Carrier Sense Multiple Access Collision Detection and Avoidance
While you need to know CSMA/CD for the course, you should be aware it is deprecated – it is not used anymore. It is still […]
Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
ODBC relates to providing an application (software) with a method to connect to a database (or more specifically the RDBMS). In ATAR CS the context […]
Data warehouse
Data warehouse A large store of data gathered from a wide range of sources, both old and new, within a company (and sometimes externally) and […]
File systems
The role of a file system is to organise the storage of files on both volatile and non-volatile storage, to organise the hierarchy of folders, […]
Network security
Network security can be compromised by the following: Denial of service An attacker will flood a network resource with network traffic with the aim to […]
