Network
Devices
Topology
Other Terms
100

Is a network device which is use to connect two or more networks to each other those are using the different LANs protocol. Function (Job) is to connect two different LANs to each other.

what is a router.

100

is a device or component of a network that is actually use to connect 2 devices to each other physically  

what is a Network interface card (NIC)

100

Here each device has a dedicated point-to-point link to the central controller called “Hub” (Act as an Exchange). There is no direct traffic between devices. The transmission occurred only through the central “hub”.

What is a Star


100

any end point

Node

200

My machine is connected to someone else machine we are geographically very from for example a different country and we can do this with the help of a wide area network (example from one country to another country)

what is WAN (Wide Area Network)

200

similar to workstation

what is a Host

200

one long cable acts as a backbone to link all the devices connected to the backbone by drop lines and taps.

what is a bus

200

 is the set of rules language through which the computers communicate with each other

What is a protocol

300
  • Means a group of computers  that are connected to each other in a small geographical area like a small office and we have 10 computer and those 10 computers are connected to each other network 

What is LAN (Local Area Network)

300

any machine or device that request for a service

what is a client


300

Here each device has a dedicated connection with two devices on either side. The signal is passed in one direction from device to device until it reaches the destination and each device has a repeater

what is a ring

300

the physical arrangement of  network devices, how these devices are connected to each other

What is topology 

400
  •  is actually the common name that we use for the client opening system, a common term that we use in enterprises (this machine is acting as a client)

what is workstation


400

is the Main cable . to which the data is transferred from one segment to another segment.

what is a backbone


500

We have different metro cities. Computers in these cities are connected to each other. It is also larger than a campus school building. When computers are in two different cities connected to

what is a MAN( Metropolitan Area Network)


500

is any device that runs a server opening system and provides the service to other devices

what is a server

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