Wired Networking
Wireless Networking
Networking Hardware
Network Hardware
Networking Standards & Protocols
100
The most widely used standard for wired networks. Commonly used to supply internet to desktop computers.
What is Ethernet.
100

A widely used networking standard for medium range wireless networks. Commonly used in households to supply cellular devices with internet.

What is Wi-Fi?

100
A router with a built in wireless access point.
What is a Wireless Router?
100

This is the hardware any device needs to connect to a network

Network Interface Card (NIC)

100

The term that refers to the unique address for each device on the Internet.

IP address

200
A networking cable consisting of a center wire inside a grounded, cylindrical shield, capable of high speed data transfer.
What is Coaxial Cable
200

a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices

Bluetooth

200
The network of everyday physical objects that can communicate with each other via the internet.
What is an Internet of Things?
200

The type of network device that is normally used to connect and manage a Local Area Network (LAN).

Switch

200

The physical (hardware) address for a Network Interface Card (NIC) is called this.

MAC address

300

Networking cable that contains hundreds of thin transparent shards over which lasers transfer data at high speeds.

What is Fiber-Optic Cable

300
A device that orbits earth and relays communication signals over very long distances.
What are Communication Satellites?
300
A device used to connect a computer to a network.
What is a Network Adapter?
300

The part of an organization’s network that is open for access by individuals outside of the network and normally has the organization’s web and mail servers in it.

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) or Perimeter Network

300
A networking standard for very short range wireless connections. Commonly used to connect cellular devices to smart watches, portable speakers, and fitness trackers.
What is Bluetooth?
400
A device used to connect a computer to a network over telephone lines.
What is a Modem?
400

A device on a wireless network that connects wireless devices to that network and to the internet.

What is a Wireless Access Point (WAP)?

400
A device that connects multiple networks together and passes data to the intended recipient using the most efficient route.
What is a Router?
400

The piece of networking equipment that is used to connect LANs separated by great distances into a Wide Area Network (WAN).

Router

400

This is what data (like a file) is broken down to in order to be sent from source to destination on a network.

Packets

500
A device that connects multiple devices on a wired network and forwards data to only the intended recipient.
What is a Switch?
500

The IEEE standard that governs the operation of all WiFi devices.

802.11

500

The way computers are physically connected together is known as this

Network Topology

500
A device used to connect two LANS.
What is a Bridge?
500

A networking protocol that uses packet switching to facilitate the transmission of messages. This protocol is used with the internet.

What is TCP/IP

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