Intermediary Devices
This device connects multiple devices to the network via cables.
What is a switch?
This is a network that connects devices using wire cables in a small area.
What is a local Area Network (LAN)?
LAN.
What is Local Area Network abbreviated?
The abbreviation for this is TCP.
What is Transmission Control Protocol commonly abbreviated to?
The amount of devices that can connect via this is 7.
What is Bluetooth?
This device forwards traffic between networks.
What is a router?
This is a network that connects devices, such as mice, keyboards, and tablets within the range of an individual person.
What is a Personal Area Network (PAN)?
VPN.
What is Virtual Private Network abbreviated?
The abbreviation for this is IP
What is the common abbreviation for Internet Protocol?
This uses the frequencies within the 125 MHz to 960 MHz range to uniquely identify items.
What is RFID?
This device connects multiple wireless devices to the network and may include a switch to connect wired hosts.
What is a wireless router?
This device is similar to a LAN, but wirelessly connects users and devices in a small geographical area instead of using a wired connection.
What is a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)?
WLAN.
What is Wireless Local Area Network abbreviated?
Numbering and tracking data segments transmitted to a specific device from a specific application, acknowledging received data, and re-transmitting any unacknowledged data after a certain period of time.
What are the three basic operations of reliability for TCP?
This uses frequency 13.56 MHz and is a subset of the RFID standards.
What is NFC?
This device connects to a wireless router and is used to extend the reach of a wireless network.
What is a access point? (AP)
This network uses multiple access points to extend a WLAN further.
What is a Wireless Mesh Network (WMN)?
WMN
What is Wireless Mesh Network abbreviated?
These two protocols operate at the same layer.
What do TCP and UDP have in common?
This uses low-power digital radios based on the IEEE 802.15.4 wireless standard for low-rate wireless personal area networks (LR-WPANs) that is meant to be used by low-cost, low-speed devices.
What is Zigbee
This device connects a home or small office to the internet.
What is a modem?
This network connects multiple networks that are in geographically separated locations.
What is Wide Area Network (WAN)?
WAN.
What is Wide Area Network abbreviated?
The technical term for this word is SMTP.
What is the technical term for email?
This technology is a proprietary standard that is now owned by Silicon Labs.