{"id":410,"date":"2021-02-01T11:12:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T11:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mediaonabicycle.com\/?page_id=410"},"modified":"2021-02-01T11:12:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T11:12:47","slug":"digital-devices-data-and-networks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mediaonabicycle.com\/?page_id=410","title":{"rendered":"Digital Devices, Data and Networks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Internet is a Global Network<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of the networks, the <strong>Internet<\/strong> is probably, if not definitely the largest group of digital devices connected on the planet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are digital devices? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A digital device is a piece of electronic equipment that stores, retrieves and processes digital data. Examples could be, laptops, smart phones, smart televisions, tablets or personal computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How are they connected?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Internet: Wires, Cables &amp; Wifi\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZhEf7e4kopM?list=PLzdnOPI1iJNfMRZm5DDxco3UdsFegvuB7\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \n<\/div><figcaption>Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/code.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Code.org<\/a> for this video<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital devices use networks cables, Fibre cables and WIFI to connect to digital boxes called Routers. Routers send the digital signals on a journey to large computers called servers. The servers them send back the information requested to the sender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Network<\/strong><\/td><td>Two or more digital devices sharing information or services.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Digital devices<\/strong><\/td><td>A digital device is a piece of electronic equipment that stores, retrieves and processes digital data.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Network cables<\/strong><\/td><td>Cat 5 or Ethernet or Fibre cables used to carry data.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Routers<\/strong><\/td><td>Router send and direct digital data across networks.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Servers<\/strong><\/td><td>Powerful computers that serve digital devices. A server can store and retrieve web pages, emails or enable security systems on networks.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Data packets<\/strong><\/td><td>Large amounts of data are broken down into smaller packets. Packets carry information, sender address, recipient address and how to reassemble the data when received. &nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Binary data<\/strong><\/td><td>Binary code is represented by \u201c1\u2019s and 0\u2019s\u201d. Each 1 or 0 represents a Bit of data. Eight Bits make a Byte.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Internet is a Global Network. In terms of the networks, the Internet is probably, if not definitely the largest group of digital devices connected on the planet. What are digital devices? A digital device is a piece of electronic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaonabicycle.com\/?page_id=410\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaonabicycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaonabicycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaonabicycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaonabicycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaonabicycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mediaonabicycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411,"href":"https:\/\/mediaonabicycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410\/revisions\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaonabicycle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}