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1Wireless Access PointAllows for wireless devises to connect to the network via LAN or WAN this includes connections from WIFI and Bluetooth.
2RouterRouters are devises that send packets and make decisions about the route the data should take.
3SwitchSwitches only send packets of data to the intended destination(not every connected node like hubs)
4Network interface card/ controller.NICs present on all devises connected to a network, provides the electronic signals for sending messages and receiving incoming signals.
5Transmission mediaUnshielded twisted pair (Ethernet) is a networking standard. Fiber Optic high speed and expensive for WANs or large LANs. Coaxial cable is an old network
6What does ASCII stand for?American Standard Code For Information Interchange.
7How many Bits does ASCII use?7
8How many digits in ASCII?93
9What type of characters does ASCII contain?It has Numbers, Symbols and letters
10Why is Unicode better than ASCII?Its has 65,000 symbols in all languages