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How the Internet Works

Middle/high school CS intro · Medium · 15-20 min

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This board helps players review Computer Science · Internet through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Networking Basics, The Web, Data Travel, Security, People & History. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Networking Basics

    A global network of connected computers.

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    Internet

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  • The Web

    The 'http' in a URL stands for this.

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    HyperText Transfer Protocol

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  • Data Travel

    Small chunks data is split into for travel.

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    Packets

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  • Security

    Software that protects against malicious programs.

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    Antivirus

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  • People & History

    Inventor of the World Wide Web (1989).

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    Tim Berners-Lee

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Networking Basics

$100 — A global network of connected computers.
Internet
$200 — The web's 'address book' — turns names into IPs.
DNS (Domain Name System)
$300 — A unique number identifying a device on a network.
IP address
$400 — Device that connects your home network to the internet.
Router
$500 — Wireless networking standard.
Wi-Fi

The Web

$100 — The 'http' in a URL stands for this.
HyperText Transfer Protocol
$200 — The 's' in https stands for this.
Secure (encrypted)
$300 — Language used to structure web pages.
HTML
$400 — Language used to style web pages.
CSS
$500 — Program used to view websites.
Web browser

Data Travel

$100 — Small chunks data is split into for travel.
Packets
$200 — Server program that sends back the web page you request.
Web server
$300 — A request to load a web page is sent using this method.
HTTP GET
$400 — A cached copy of a web page is stored here.
Browser cache
$500 — A small piece of data a site stores in your browser.
Cookie

Security

$100 — Software that protects against malicious programs.
Antivirus
$200 — A network barrier that blocks unwanted traffic.
Firewall
$300 — A scam email that tries to steal your info.
Phishing
$400 — Hiding data using a key so others can't read it.
Encryption
$500 — A 'strong' one mixes letters, numbers and symbols.
Password

People & History

$100 — Inventor of the World Wide Web (1989).
Tim Berners-Lee
$200 — Year (decade) the internet became widely public.
The 1990s
$300 — Founder of the Linux operating system.
Linus Torvalds
$400 — Two co-founders of Google.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin
$500 — Considered the first computer programmer.
Ada Lovelace

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