Overview of a Connected World
Wireless Network Categories
Benefits of a Connected World
Business Applications of Wireless Networks
Challenges of Business Mobility
100
This connects a group of computers in close proximity, such as in an office building, school, or home.
What is a local area network
100
This is a wireless PAN technology that transmits signals over short distances among cellphones, computer and other devices.
What is Bluetooth
100
This is a restricted network that relies on Internet technologies to provide an internet-like environment within the company for information sharing, communications, collaboration, web publishing, and the support of business processes.
What is an intranet.
100
This represents a north and south measurement of position.
What is lattitude
100
This is a wireless security protocol to protect wi-fi networks.
What is wi-fi protected access.
200
this spans a large geographical area such as a state, province, or country.
What is a wide area network
200
This is a local area network that uses signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet.
What is a wireless LAN
200
This is a characteristic of the intranet when using a browser to send and receive emails.
What is communications and collaboration.
200
This is an east and west measurement of position.
What is longitude
200
You are doing this when your mobile device are not immune to viruses and need to be protected.
What is preventing viruses on mobile devices.
300
This is a large computer network usually spanning a city.
What is a metropolitan area network
300
This is a means by which wireless devices can connect wirelessly to a local area network, using access points that send and receive data via radio waves.
What is wireless fidelity
300
This is an extension of an intranet that is available only to authorized outsiders, such as customers, partners, and suppliers.
What is extranet.
300
This is the science and art of making an illustrated map or chart.
What is cartography.
300
This is the practice of tagging pavement with codes displaying where wi-fi access is available.
What is war chalking.
400
This is the maximum amount of data that can pass from one point to another in a unit of time.
What is bandwidth
400
This is a method of sending audio and visual files over the internet in such a way that the user can view the file while it is being transferred.
What is streaming.
400
This is a characteristic of the internet when developing custom applications such as order processing.
What is business operations and management.
400
this uses electronic tags and labels to identify objects wirelessly over short distances.
What is radio frequency identification.
400
This is an encryption algorithm designed to protect wireless transmission data.
What is wired equivalent privacy.
500
this allows users to work from remote locations, such as home or a hotel, using high-speed internet to access business applications and data.
What is telecommuting
500
These are designated locations where wi-fi access points are publically available.
What are hotspots.
500
This is a "private tunnel' within the internet.
What is virtual private network.
500
This is an electronic identification device that is made up of a chip and antenna.
What is a RFID tag
500
This is deliberately searching for wi-fi signals while driving by in a vehicle.
What is war driving.
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