What's the Difference Between an Intranet and the Internet?

There's one major distinction between an intranet and the Internet: The Internet is an open, public
space, while an intranet is designed to be a private space. An intranet may be accessible from the
Internet, but as a rule it's protected by a password and accessible only to employees or other authorized
users.

From within a company, an intranet server may respond much more quickly than a typical Web site. This
is because the public Internet is at the mercy of traffic spikes, server breakdowns and other problems
that may slow the network. Within a company, however, users have much more bandwidth and
network hardware may be more reliable. This makes it easier to serve high-bandwidth content, such as
audio and video, over an intranet.

What Is DHCP?

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a client/server protocol that automatically provides an
Internet Protocol (IP) host with its IP address and other related configuration information such as the
subnet mask and default gateway. 

What is Blue screen error?

The blue screen of death (BSOD), is the informal name given by users to the Windows general protection
fault (GPF) error. Named in honor of the error's dreaded display image of white text on a blue
background, the BSOD is generated by the operating system when it has suddenly terminated with an
error. The system locks up and must be rebooted. The blue screen may include
some hexadecimal values from a core dump that can potentially be used to determine what caused the
crash.

What is ip?

Short for Internet  Protocol. IP specifies the format of packets, also called datagrams, and the addressing
scheme. Mostnetworks combine IP with a higher-level protocol called Transmission Control Protocol
(TCP), which establishes a virtual connection between a destination and a source.
IP by itself is something like the postal system. It allows you to address a package and drop it in the
system, but there's no direct link between you and the recipient. TCP/IP, on the other hand, establishes
a connection between two hosts so that they can send messages back and forth for a period of time.

What is url?
An address identifying the location of a file on the Internet, consisting of the protocol, the computer on
which the file is located, and the file's location on that computer.

The first part of the address is called a protocol identifier and it indicates what protocol to use, and the
second part is called a resource name and it specifies the IP address or the domain name where the
resource is located. The protocol identifier and the resource name are separated by a colon and two
forward slashes.
What is spyware?

Any software that covertly gathers user information through the user'sInternet connection without his
or her knowledge, usually for advertising purposes. Spyware applications are typically bundled as a
hidden component of freeware or shareware programs that can be downloaded from the Internet;
however, it should be noted that the majority of shareware and freeware applications do not come with
spyware. Once installed, the spyware monitors user activity on the Internet and transmits that
information in the background to someone else. Spyware can also gather information about e-
mail addresses and even passwords and credit card numbers.

What is DNS?

1) Short for Domain  Name  System (or Service or Server), an Internet service that translates domain

names into IP addresses. Because domain namesare alphabetic, they're easier to remember. The
Internet however, is really based on IP addresses. Every time you use a domain name, therefore, a DNS
service must translate the name into the corresponding IP address. For example, the domain
name www.example.com might translate to198.105.232.4.

What is Protocol?

Protocol usually refers to a set of rules that define an exact format for communication between systems.

What is Subnet mask?

A Subnet mask is a 32-bit number that masks an IP address, and divides the IP address into network address and host address.
Subnet Mask is made by setting network bits to all "1"s and setting host bits to all "0"s. Within a given network, two host
addresses are reserved for special purpose. The "0" address is assigned a network address and "255" is assigned to a broadcast
address, and they cannot be assigned to a host.

Examples of commonly used netmasks for classed networks are 8-bits (Class A), 16-bits (Class B) and 24-bits (Class C), and
classless networks

What is network address ?

A network address serves as a unique identifier for a computer on a network. When set up correctly, computers
can determine the addresses of other computers on the network and use these addresses to send messages to
each other.

One of the best known form of network addressing is the Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP addresses consist of
four bytes (32 bits) that uniquely identify all computers on the public Internet.
Another popular form of address is the Media Access Control (MAC) address. MAC addresses are six
bytes (48 bits) that manufacturers of network adapters burn into their products to uniquely identify
them.
What is host address ?

The host address, or the host ID portion of an IP address, is the portion of the address used to identify hosts (any
device requiring a Network Interface Card, such as a PC or networked printer) on the network. The network ID, by
contrast, is the portion of the address that refers to the network itself.

What is CIDR?

(Classless Inter-Domain Routing) An expansion of the IP addressing system that allows for a more efficient and
appropriate allocation of addresses. The original class-based method used fixed fields for network IDs, which was
wasteful. For example, Class A and B networks can address 16 million and 65 thousand hosts respectively, and
most organizations given those addresses never had intentions of putting that many computers on the Internet
(see IP address for more details).

From Fixed to Variable

CIDR changed the fixed fields into variable-length fields, allowing addresses to be assigned with finer granularity.
The CIDR IP address includes a number that tells how the address is split between networks and hosts.