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# Glossary

There are a lot of different ways to talk about some of the underlying topics, and the explanation that really clicks is different for every person. This is less a glossary than a round-up of great analogies and explanations. These are simplified explanations of technical concepts for non-techinical users,
There are a lot of different ways to talk about some of the underlying topics, and the explanation that really clicks is different for every person. This is less a glossary than a round-up of great analogies and explanations. These are simplified explanations of technical concepts for non-techinical users,

possibly with links to helpful analogies or in-depth material.

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## What is a network

define for trainer -- A network is two or more nodes connected physically and informationally over time.
A network is two or more nodes connected physically and informationally over time.

how to teach network
### How do you teach networks?

What do networks see when they look at you?

examples:
Examples of Networks:
* Path data for cellphones
* Electrical grids
* Social graphs
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[The US CIO's excellent and thorough explanation](https://https.cio.gov/everything/), and [Chrome's Developer Blog](https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/encrypt-in-transit/why-https)

[HTTPS as Pigeons](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/https-explained-with-carrier-pigeons-7029d2193351) via Andrea Zanin on freeCodeCamp walks through the core principles of HTTP and HTTPS with some nice pigeon analogies. (Not helpful, but clever, is the [IP Over Avian Carriers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers) protocol)

Wikipedia's [HTTPS entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTPS)


## Certificate Authority

[HTTPS as Pigeons](https://medium.freecodecamp.org/https-explained-with-carrier-pigeons-7029d2193351) covers CAs as trusted signatories (but doesn't address Let's Encrypt).


## What is Encryption
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