A _______ is a group of two or more computer systems linked together to exchange data and share resources.
What is a network
100
A unique numeric or physical address that is built into the hardware.
What is a Data Link Control Identifier or Media Access Control (MAC) Address.
100
A _______ is a node on a network that acts as a receiver and transmitter or wireless radio signals between other nodes on a network.
What is a Wireless Access Point or WAP
100
In this type of network, all of the computers on the network are equals, or peers.
What is Peer-to-peer or P2P
100
The most popular LAN standard for large and small businesses is ______
What is Ethernet
200
Uses cables, radio waves, or infrared signals to link computers or peripherals (such as printers), within a small geographic area, such as a building or a group of buildings.
What is a Local Area Network (or LAN)
200
A computer needs a _________ to connect to a network.
What is a NIC or Network Interface Card
200
A type of operating system designed to enable data transfer and application usage between computers and other devices connected to a local area network.
What is a Network Operating System or NOS
200
This type of topology only transmits one node at a time.
What is a Bus Topology
200
Ethernet (LAN technology) uses a protocol called _________
What is Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection or CSMA/CD
300
Any device connected to a network is referred to as a ______.
What is a Node
300
Devices that filter and forward data between computers, printers, and other network nodes, enabling them to talk to each other.
What are switches
300
5 advantages of networking.
What is 1) reduced hardware cost; 2) Application sharing; 3) Sharing Information resources; 4) Centralized data management; and 5) connecting people.
300
Operates a private network over the internet, making data accessible to authorized users in remote locations through the use of secure, encrypted connections and special software.
What is a Virtual Private Network or VPN
300
A wireless LAN standard that offers Ethernet speeds through the use of radio waves instead of wires.
What is Wi-Fi
400
A network need communication devices to ________ ______ data into signals that can travel over a physical (wired) or wireless medium.
What is convert data
400
The most common type of server, which is a high-capacity, high-speed computer with a large hard disk.
What is a File Server
400
4 disadvantages of networking
What is 1) loss of autonomy; 2) lack of privacy; 3) security threats; 4) loss of productivity.
400
In a ring topology, a special unit of data called a ______ travels around the ring.
What is a Token
400
A public wireless access location
What is a Hotspot
500
Each node on the network has a unique ______ ______, or name, assigned by the software in use.
What is a logical address
500
A complex device that is used to connect two or more networks.
What is a Router
500
People necessary for the proper functioning of a network
What is a Network Administrator
500
Modems must conform to a set of standards or rules called ____________
What is modulation protocols
500
To carry computer data over the long haul, a WAN must be locally accessible, called a _____________.