Imagine, my love… your computer is trying to connect to the internet, but it just won’t. You’re probably hitting the modem saying, “The modem is broken!” (classic Turkish method 😅), while the innocent hero, the NIC, might just be sulking at you. NIC, or Network Interface Card, is the gateway of your computer to the […]
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Imagine this, my love… You live in an apartment building. There’s an elevator, stairs, neighbors. Everyone greets each other, but unless someone organizes who goes where, and which apartment belongs to whom, the whole place would be chaos. That organizer is the switch, the “traffic cop” of the network! 🚦 But switches also level up […]
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Imagine this, my love… We’re always talking about internet speed: “Fiber or VDSL? 5G maybe?” But deep inside the heart of the internet, there are two quiet siblings working behind the scenes: UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) and STP (Shielded Twisted Pair) cables. Both form the backbone of Ethernet. They are the real heroes connecting your […]
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Just imagine, my love… At the heart of the internet, it’s not copper wires running around, but light itself. Yes, light! 🌈Fiber optic cables carry data packets at the speed of light, just like Formula 1 cars racing on the track. 🚀 But here’s the secret: it all depends on whether the cable is Single […]
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In computer engineering, there are certain concepts that at first sound like something out of a parallel universe. “LAN” and “WAN” are two of those. But the secret is simple: they’re both networks—just with different coverage areas, speeds, and functions. Think of it this way: But let’s move beyond metaphors, because the technical side is […]
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Imagine this… You go online, play a YouTube video, stalk a bit on Instagram, binge a show on Netflix… Everything runs smoothly. But what’s happening behind the scenes? 🤔The answer: the unsung heroes called network protocols are hard at work! 🦸♂️ 📬 What Is a Network Protocol? Network protocols are a set of rules that […]
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Imagine this: you’re at home using the internet, watching YouTube, or sending a message on WhatsApp. But behind the scenes, there’s an invisible orchestra working layer by layer. And the conductor of this orchestra is the OSI Reference Model. 🎶💻 “What’s OSI?” you might ask. It stands for Open Systems Interconnection. In other words, it’s […]
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Imagine this: You’re sending someone a message. Let’s say it’s this one:👉 “Wanna come over for coffee tonight? ☕” Before this sentence leaves your phone and appears on their screen, it passes through a bunch of invisible layers. These layers are all actors on a big stage called the OSI Model. 🎭 Let’s open the […]
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Imagine this:You’ve got a friend named TCP. He’s a real gentleman. 👔You send a message, “hey, what’s up?” and he replies,“Got it, I’ll deliver it perfectly, every word, every punctuation mark.”Yep, he’s Mr. Reliable. 📦📬 On the other side, you’ve got another buddy, UDP.He’s a total speed junkie. 🏎️You send, “hey, what’s up?”He’s like, “Cool, […]
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The internet looks like pure magic from the outside. You open Google, play a video on YouTube, send a message on WhatsApp… But how does your computer actually deliver that message to the other side? Behind the scenes, there are two small yet very important heroes: ARP and ICMP. To understand them, we first need […]
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