Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) are 2 protocols that, through their relationship, connect Internet devices. They form a protocol suite that ensures end-to-end delivery and connectivity across the Internet. Let’s pretend that you buy an […]
See full article »In the event you’ve always assumed that Bluetooth was the last name of its inventor (Bobby Bluetooth, Horatio Bluetooth, Philip G. Bluetooth, Leroy Bluetooth…), the name comes from Harald Gormsson, a Norwegian and Danish king […]
See full article »The IP addresses you’ve been used to seeing for the past several decades are IPv4. They’re 32-bit numbers and look like this―23.217.138.110. Familiar-looking, right? Well, here’s the issue—we’ve been running out of them for a […]
See full article »It’s estimated that 90% of the data in existence today was created in the past 2 years and approximately 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created daily. That’s a lot of data. Naturally, this ginormous (it’s […]
See full article »In the world of telecommunications, outside plant refers to any physical element that helps connect the LEC’s central office to customers’ demarcation point. It’s really the local loop as defined by its physical elements and […]
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