(a) describe the nature of the internet as a worldwide collection of computer networks
(b) describe the hardware needed to connect to the internet including modems, routers
(c) explain the need for IP addressing of resources on the internet and how this can be facilitated by the role of DNS services
(d) explain the importance of HTML and its derivatives as a standard for the creation of web pages
(e) describe common file standards associated with the internet such as JPG, GIF, PDF, MP3, MPEG
(f) explain the importance of compressing files that are transmitted via the internet
(g) describe the differences between lossy and lossless compression.
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