I/O Devices
A USB connector that is flat with rounded sides used by smartphones and tablets. The connector is required for USB4 and USB 3.2 devices to attain maximum speeds.
What is USB-C?
A 32-bit or 128-bit address used to uniquely identify a device or interface on a network that uses TCP/IP protocols. Generally, the first numbers identify the network; the last numbers identify a host.
What is an IP address?
The network of devices, such as cameras, refrigerators, and locks, that have an IP address and can connect to the local network and are accessible from the Internet.
What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
wireless technology that establishes a communication link between two devices that are within 4 inches (10 cm) of each other - ApplePay uses it.
What is Near-field communication (NFC)?
A type of printer that uses a laser beam to control how toner is placed on the page and then uses heat to fuse the toner to the page.
What is a laser printer?
The ability to plug in or unplug devices without first powering down the system.
What is hot-swappable?
A 48-bit (6-byte) hardware address unique to each NIC or onboard network controller; the address is assigned by the manufacturer at the factory and embedded on the device. The address is often printed on the adapter as hexadecimal numbers; an example is 00 00 0C 08 2F 35.
What is a MAC or physical address?
A two-part kit used to find cables in the walls of a building. The first part connects to one end of the cable and puts out a pulsating tone that the second part can sense.
What is a toner?
The use of data, such as a fingerprint or retinal data, to authenticate to a network, computer, or other computing device.
What is Biometric authentication?
A type of ink dispersion printer that uses cartridges of ink. The ink is heated to a boiling point and then ejected onto the paper through tiny nozzles.
What is an inkjet printer?
A connector that transmits both digital video and audio and is used on most computers and televisions.
What is an HDMI connector?
A device that manages traffic between two or more networks and can help find the best path for traffic to get from one network to another.
What is a router?
A condition when an interface or a port on a switch is continually going up and down.
What is port flapping?
A corporate policy that allows employees or students to connect their own devices to the corporate network.
What is BYOD (bring your own device)?
A type of printer that burns dots onto special coated paper - commonly used for receipts or shipping labels.
What is a thermal printer?
A multipurpose standard and connector used for communication and power. Early versions were limited to Apple products.
What is Thunderbolt?
The HTTP protocol working with a security protocol such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) to create a secured socket that includes data encryption. TLS is better than SSL.
What is HTTPS (HTTP secure)?
Services on the Internet that an organization provides on its own servers or that are established virtually fora single organization’s private use.
What is a private cloud?
A receiver that uses the system of 24 or more satellites orbiting Earth. The receiver locates four or more of these satellites and uses their locations to calculate its own position in a process called triangulation.
What is GPS (Global Positioning System)?
A printer language that was developed by Hewlett-Packard. Used by a majority of manufacturers and supported by many different OSs.
What is Printer Control Language (PCL)?
A type of monitor that uses a thin LED layer or film between two grids of electrodes and does not use backlighting.
What is OLED (organic light-emitting diode)?
A technique that substitutes the public IP address of the router for the private IP address of a computer on a private network when the computer needs to communicate on the Internet.
What is Network Address Translation (NAT)?
A cloud computing service that provides hardware and an operating system and is responsible for updating and maintaining both.
What is PaaS (Platform as a Service)?
A wireless technology used on small tags that contain a microchip and antenna; often used to track and identify car keys, clothing, animals, and inventory.
What is Radio Frequency ID (RFID)?
A thermoplastic strand used by a 3D printer to build three-dimensional objects.
What is filament?