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Network Engineer
The internet is computers passing messages by numbers and rules. Place value and clear thinking help you set up networks that work.
The 16 headline skills a network engineer is built on. Tap a + node to open the 30 building blocks underneath, or tap any star to see how it connects.
What it leans on most
Networks and the InternetThis is the whole job, how machines talk to each other.ComputingThe three digits of a three-digit numberAddresses on a network are read one digit at a time.MathematicsA Hundred Is Ten TensGrouping numbers helps you make sense of big address ranges.MathematicsReal-World Mathematical ModellingYou model traffic on a network to keep it fast.Mathematics
The subjects behind it
Computing FundamentalsComputing
You build the links that carry data between machines.
Number Representation & Place ValueMathematics
Network addresses are made of numbers and their place value.
Mathematical ThinkingMathematics
You reason step by step to find where a link breaks.