In this learning activity you'll explore bandwidth.

In this learning activity you'll create a packet filter.

Learners use this Structured Query Language tutorial to gain an understanding of how a SELECT statement is built. This learning object has audio content.

In this learning activity you'll examine the software operation Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), which automatically performs TCP/IP configurations.

You'll explore the three main services of cloud computing: Software as a service, Platform as a Service, and Infrastructure as a Service.

In this learning activity, you'll examine the different ways in which computers and other equipment are physically connected in local area networks and the advantages and disadvantages of each topology.

In this animated object, learners examine how a gateway server operates.

In this learning activity you'll examine how network address translation works.

In this interactive lesson, learners read and hear instructions for sending an e-mail. Steps are given for composing an e-mail message and for sending it. Students have an opportunity to write their own messages. A quiz follows the instruction.

In this interactive object, learners identify computer file types, disk drives, and various file commands.

In this animated object, learners consider how nanoscientists are mimicking intracellular movements when building nanobots.

In this learning activity, you’ll be introduced to what the CRC is, the technology behind it, and how it’s performed.

In this learning activity you'll observe how switches are used in local area networks to increase data transmission speeds.

In this learning activity you'll review how a local area network computer uses a subnet mask to determine if its message is intended for a computer on the same network or on a remote network.

In this learning activity you'll examine the format of an IP address and interpret the octet by converting between decimal and binary numbers.

In this learning activity, you’ll practice connecting to the Team Foundation Service (TFS) and your local code repository to get existing code.

In this learning activity, you'll practice creating a new repository in Visual Studio Online, a cloud-based version control system.

In this learning activity you'll examine how a large computer network is configured.

Learners view the seven segments of an Ethernet frame and the types of information each represents.

In this learning activity you'll explore how computers connected on a network use Ethernet technology.

In this interactive exercise, learners label the components of a workstation, a Windows desktop, and an application window.

In a series of interactive exercises, learners identify the parts of a URL, a Web site, and an e-mail memo. Students are given their score at the end of the activity.

Learners read about how universities, government agencies, energy companies, and nanotech firms are working together to use nanotechnology to help produce clean water for consumption.

Learners listen to a lecture given during the early days of nanotechnology titled, “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom.” Dr. Richard Feynman made the presentation to the American Physical Society on December 29, 1959. Animation makes this lecture fun to absorb.

Learners consider the most common types of electromagnetic waves and the kinds of hardware used in a wireless network. A short quiz completes the activity.