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Computing Communications and Internet Terms Flash Cards
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- 1ISP stands for...Internet Service Provider
- 2IP stands for...Internet protocol
- 3What is the difference between a MAC address and an IP address?Your MAC address is unchangeable, but an IP address changes with your location
- 4USB stands for...Universal Serial Bus
- 5What is the difference between Serial and Parallel transmission?Serial sends 1 bit at a time in a specific direction, parallel sends 8 bits. Parallel is more expensive due to extra cables, and also suffers from skew, but is much faster.
- 6What is Parallel transmission used for?Short distance connections, e.g. inside a processor, to a local printer
- 7What is Serial transmission used for?Long distance connections e.g. a wired mouse and keyboard to a computer, TV boxes to TVs
- 8What is Simplex transmission?Where bits can be sent only in 1 direction.
- 9What is Duplex transmission?Where bits can be sent in both directions along the cable(s) simultaneously.
- 10What is Half-Duplex transmission?Where bits can be sent in both directions along the cable, but in only 1 direction at a time.
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