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- 1what is a router used for?links a group of devices to the internet
- 2what is LAN?a collection of computers and peripheral devices connected together within single site
- 3what is WAN?a collection of computers and LANs connected together over a geographically remote local area
- 4what is topology?a description of how devices are connected together
- 5what is a bus?A topology where each device is connected to a main cable, referred to as the bus.
Any device can transmit at any time but only one transmission can occur on the
main bus at any one time. - 6what is a hub?A hardware device that provides connectivity to a LAN cable. A multiport box
that has a connection to the LAN from one side and several computers on the
other. Can be wireless or cabled. - 7what is a ring?A topology where each device is connected to the next in a loop. Uses a tokenpassing protocol to allow transmission by one device at a time.
- 8what is a star?A topology where each device has its own cable connecting it to a central device,
which can be a switch or a server. - 9peer-to-peerA method of organising devices in a network where devices are all of equal
status rather than having specialised roles. Each computer can access resources on another computer, assuming access rights have been granted by the other
computer. - 10client serverA method of organising devices in a network where some computers have
specialised roles: servers. The servers provide resources and services to the other computers, known as clients. Management of the network and shared resources/ files is centralised at the server. - 11wireless access pointThe device to which a computer connects wirelessly. Can be a wireless hub or a
wireless switch. - 12network interface cardA network interface card provides the computer with a dedicated, full-time connection to a network. Personal computers and workstations on a local area network (LAN) typically contain a network interface card specifically designed for the LAN transmission technology
- 13switchIn a telecommunications network, a switch is a device that channels incoming data from any of multiple input ports to the specific output port that will take the data toward its intended destination.
- 14servera server is a computer program that provides services to other computer programs (and their users) in the same or other computers.
- 15ethernet cableEthernet cables are designed to connect together network devices. In the case of your network, they carry the broadband signal between your router and your device
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