Theory — Networks-transmission

Networks & Data Transmission — How Machines Talk: 10 topics and 28 interactive cards with runnable examples and quizzes.

Topics

1. Sending Bits Down a Wire — Serial vs Parallel · Direction of Flow
2. Error Detection — Why Bits Go Wrong · Parity Bits · Checksums & Check Digits
3. Encryption — Scrambling for Safety · Symmetric vs Asymmetric
4. Networks & the Internet — LANs and WANs · Addresses: IP and MAC · Internet vs the Web
5. Protocols — Agreed Rules · Layers
6. Packet Switching — Breaking Data into Packets · Reassembly
7. Topologies & Addressing — Network Topologies · IP Addressing · The Layered Model · Wireless & Security
8. The Web, Cyber-security & Digital Currency — The Internet vs the World Wide Web · Cyber-security Threats · Protecting Against Threats · Digital Currency & Blockchain
9. Cloud Computing — Computing as a Service · Why (and Why Not) the Cloud
10. Check Your Understanding — Transmission · Security · Addressing · Foundation Secured