The physical components have material value, which allows the development of the technology business. The physical elements of technology include:
- Network technologies. Servers. Data centers;
- Internet software;
- Internet topology (interaction of computers and servers in the network);
- Network services (email, DNS service, FTP, etc.);
- Local and home networks, routers.
In a more detailed list, the physical component of Internet technologies includes:
Internet
- TCP / IP protocols.
- Hierarchy of Internet domain names.
- The backbone of the Internet. Routing.
Software on the Internet
- Network operating systems.
- Special software for connecting to the Internet.
- Application protocols.
Computers on the Internet
- Email servers (IMAP, SMTP and POP3, etc.)
- Web servers (Apache, Nginx).
- FTP servers.
- Teleconference servers.
- Instant messaging servers.
Digital communication lines
Internet providers. Internet connection.
Access to the Internet
Connection of the network card to the local network.
Ethernet cabling systems.
Remote access to global networks
Computer-to-network access and network-to-network access.