Networking Fundamentals

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Standard protocol powering everyday unencrypted web page delivery (4)
• Automated server service granting dynamic IP addresses to newcomers (4)
• Encrypted tunnel allowing secure remote access over public connections (3)
• Reliable transport protocol that checks data delivery via handshakes (3)
• Any active connected device acting as a redistribution or endpoint point (4)
• Geometric arrangement and physical layout of nodes on a network (8)
• Virtual endpoint number routing specific application traffic on a host (4)
• Unique hardware address burned permanently into a network card (3)
• Web address typed directly into a browser navigation bar (3)

Down

• Network-attached computer offering services, programs, or data to clients (4)
• High-speed cabling medium carrying data as pulses of light (5)
• System converting human-readable site names into numerical IP addresses (3)
• Intermediary server processing web requests on behalf of other clients (5)
• Formal set of digital rules governing how devices exchange messages (8)
• Hardware directing data packets between different separate networks (6)
• Device translating analog ISP signals into digital household networking (5)

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