Web Science/Part1: Foundations of the web/Internet Protocol
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understand that an IP network as an overlay network is an abstract thing that is not directly reflecting the hardware settings
understand the notion of an IPv4 address and its components like network and host part
understand why MAC addresses do not fulfill the requirements of IP addresses.
get introduced to the notion of an IP router / gateway
review the definition and concept of an IP network
understand that IP routing works on the level of IP networks
understand the concept of subnetting
review network classes and understand classless inter domain routing.
get a feeling for the IP header
get a better understanding of how the protocol works
understand which header fields are changed while routing 
Internet Protocol
Learning goals
- To understand Ethernet, TCP/IP and HTTP protocols and be able to apply it to design of API
Associated units
- get introduced to the concept of an IP-network
- understand that networks can be interconnected
- learn about the importance for decentralization as a design principle
- realize that Local area networks can be fragmented via IP networks
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