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Network flash cards
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- 1LANstands for local area network, a network in a small area or single organisation
- 2WANstands for wide area network , spans over a wide area or many organisations
- 3STAR TOPOLOGYa star shaped network which connects many computers, there are no collisions and have low chance of failure however are expensive and depend on a switch
- 4RING TOPOLOGYa ring shaped network which connects many computers, there are no collisions and are cheep to install however have a high chance of catastrophic failure and are difficult to expand
- 5BUS TOPOLOGYa strait line of computers which connects many computers, cheep to install but have a high chance of collision, catastrophic failure and it gets slower as it gets bigger
- 6IP ADDRESSa unique address assigned to every computer on a network . they are used to identify it . the smallest possible IP address in the world is 0.0.0.o and largest is 255.255.255.255
- 7network advantagesyou can share files, logins and resources between many devices .
- 8network disadvantagesthey are expensive, have many problems and come with risks of viruses and cable damage . They are hard to set up and are easy to hack
- 9what is this ?Ring topology
- 10what is this ?Bus topology
- 11WHAT IS THE SHORT VERSION OF LOCAL AREA NETWORKLAN
- 12WHAT IS THE SHORT VERSION OF WIDE AREA NETWORKWAN
- 13WHAT IS A TOPOLOGYA TYPE OF NETWORK
- 14WHY IS IT NOT THE BEST IDEA TO USE A BUS TOPOLOGYbecause they have less advantages and more disadvantages than other topology's
- 15WHAT TYPE OF TOPOLOGY IS THE INTERNETthe internet is a mesh of computers
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- please feel free to use my flashcards . all correct and all explained highly . well done to eveyone who gets full marks
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