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Sophie Sharpe Computing Key Stage 3 English 14 cards

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1What does WAN stand for?Wide Area Network
2What are the 4 types of topologies?Bus, Star, Ring, Mesh
3What is an IP address?A unique value assigned to every computer on a network
4What is a star topology controlled by?Hub
5How many possible IP addresses are there?Over 4 billion
6If there isn't any IP addresses, unique addresses are assigned to businesses and house. True or False?TRUE
7What is the only advantage of a bus network?Its cheap to install
8What does LAN stand for?Local area network
9What do networks allow computers to do?Share files, share resources, share logins
10What is a disadvantage of a networks?The cost, there is a increased risk of problems and it is difficult to maintain and set up
11What is are the advantages of a ring topology?Its cheap and has no collisions
12What is a disadvantage of a star topology?Its expensive
13Why is it impossible to break the internet?Another route can always be found because it is a mesh network
14Route-finding algorithms are used to find the lowest cost route between two nodes. TRUE OR FALSE?TRUE

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