This device found inside a computer connects a computer to the network media, allowing communication with other computers. It may be referred to as the Network Adapter.
What is the NIC (Network Interface Card)?
100
Data are transmitted and received through this means which may be physical or atmospheric.
What is transmission media?
100
Gnutella, Bitcoin and the original version of Napster are examples of this form of network.
What is Peer-to-Peer?
200
Before networks were popular, this outdated file-sharing method involved copying data to removable storage and physically transporting files/data from one computer to another.
What is sneakernet?
200
This processing model is not a true network unless connected to another because it does not share resources.
What is centralized computing?
200
This computer enables resource sharing by other computers on the same network.
What is the Host?
200
The part of the network to which segments and significant shared devices, such as routers, switches & servers, connect. It is sometimes referred to as a network of networks.
What is a backbone?
200
This part of a network runs local applications, stores data locally and shares resources through a "server".
What is a client?
300
A group of computers and other devices connected by some type of transmission medium
What is a network?
300
This part of the network could be the client, the server or any other device that can communicate over a network and is assigned a unique number, called a network address.
What is a Node?
300
A personal computer (desktop/laptop) which may or may not be connected to the network.
What is a workstation?
300
This server requirement manages data, applications, resources & access, plus dictates computer communication rules.
Examples include UNIX, Linux, MS Server 2008 R2, MAC OSX.
What is an NOS (Network Operating System)?
400
This form of network is considered the simplest form of a network and by default, no one computer has more authority over another.
What is a peer-to-peer network?
400
This processing model distributes tasks among different computers, with each having a role to play.
What is distributive computing?
400
This part of the network consists of a group of computers or devices (with network address) using the same communication channel for all their traffic.
What is a segment?
400
This network of computers & other devices are confined to a relatively small space, such as a building or an office, are interconnected and rely on several servers running different applications and managing resources other than data.
What is a LAN (Local Area Network)?
400
These distinct units of data have been broken down from large streams of data and are exchanged between computers or devices on a network allowing a network to deliver data more efficiently and reliably.
What are packets?
500
This form of network uses centrally administered computers to enable resource sharing for and to facilitate communication between the other computers on the network
What is a client/server network?
500
This network topology is most common in today's networks.
What is Star topology?
500
These special rules ensure standard methods of communications, from formatting, to specifications, to cabling, etc..
What are protocols?
500
This network connects two or more geographically distinct local area networks and are able to carry data over long distances.
What is a WAN (Wide Area Network)?
500
This scheme for assigning a unique identifying number to every computer/device on the network depends on the network's protocols and network operating system.