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Network revision
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- 1Advantages of Bus topology-Cheap and only one wire needed
- 2Disadvantages of Bus Topology-High chance of catastrophic failure
-High chance of collisions
-Bigger the Network the slower the network gets - 3Advantages of Ring Topology-Cheap
-Low risk of collisions - 4Disadvantages of Ring Topology-High chance of catastrophic failure
-Difficult to add new computers - 5Advantages of Star Topology-Fast
-Easy to add computers
-Low chance of collisions
-Low chance of catastrophic failure - 6Disadvantages of Star Topology-Expensive
-Failure of the switch will take down the internet - 7What is the internet?A global collection of inter connected networks
- 8What does LAN stand for?Local Area Network
- 9What does WAN stand for?Wide Area Network
- 10When data is sent from one node to another, it is split up into small chunks called...Packets
- 11What an IP address?A unique value used to identify computers on a network
- 12What is the main problem of the current IP address format?There are not enough addresses for the number of devices on the Internet
- 13What is WAN?A network spread over a large geographical area
- 14What is LAN?A network contained in a single geographical location or organisation
- 15How many IP addresses can be assigned on a single network?4 billion
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- Flashcards on Network revision, created by Selina Taylor on 12/02/2020.
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