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Network Flashcards
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- 1What is a computer network?2 or more computers connected together to share resources and data.
- 2What does LAN mean?Local area network.
- 3What does WAN mean?Wide area network.
- 4What are the advantages of a network?The advantages of a network is that you can connect to others and communicate with them.
- 5What are the disadvantages of a network?The disadvantages of a network is that a very intelligent person needs to sort out the network.
- 6Describe a WAN?A WAN covers a large geographical area: cables, telephone lines, satellites, and radio waves to connect. Examples include: International banking systems, ATM Machines, and the Internet.
- 7Describe a LAN?Each device is called a node for example a computer, a printer, ETC. A LAN is installed on 1 site. relatively small, it is owned by the organisation.
- 8What is the largest WAN on the planet?The Internet.
- 9What is each device called?A node.
- 10What is a NIC?An Expansion Card that allows nodes and devices to connect together.
- 11What is a hub?A Device that is used to connect multiple nodes and devices together.
- 12What is a switch?A device that connects other devices together on a network.
- 13What is a Router?A network device that forwards data packets between computer networks.
- 14What is a wireless access point?Allows a Wi-Fi device to connect to a wired network.
- 15What is the purpose of an ISP?Provides you with access to the internet.
- 16What devices are needed to produce a LAN Network?Hub, Switch, Router, NIC, WAP.
- 17What is the internet?A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardised communication protocols.
- 18What is the difference between a hub and a switch?Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports, when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the others ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.
- 19What is a LAN?A computer network that links devices within a building or a group of adjacent buildings, especially one with a radius of less than 1km.
- 20What is a WAN?A computer network in which the computers are connected far apart, generally having a radius of more than 1km.
- 21What is the world wide web?An information system on the internet which allows documents to be connected to others documents by hypertext links, enabling the user to search information by moving from 1 document to another.
- 22What is the purpose of a Modem?It converts digital signals generated by the computer into analog signals which can be transmitted over a telephone or a cable line and transforms incoming among signals into their digital equivalents.
- 23What are the 3 topologys?Star, Bus, And Ring.
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