Big Idea 4

2. an agreed upon set of rules that specify the behavior of some systems
4. the inclusion of extra components so that a system continues to work in the event of failures.
5. a group of interconnected that send and receive data.
8. a type of computer that forwards data across a network.
10. the unique number assigned to each device on the internet.
11. a machine that can run a program.
12. when a process is broken into parts to operate faster toward a goal.

1. when a process is worked on by more than one computer or entity.
3. a chunk of data sent over a network.
6. series of connections between computing devices on a network starting with a sender and ending with a receiver.
7. the maximum amount of data that can be sent in a fixed amount of time.
9. tolerant continues to function even in the event of individual component failures.