Network OS
Server Stuff
Wired or Wireless
WiFi
Up for Grabs
100
A large, complex program that can manage all the resources that are commonly found on most local area networks, in addition to performing the standard functions of an operating system and normally found on a network server.
What is a Network Operating System (NOS)?
100
The computer that stores software resources such as computer applications, programs, data sets, and databases. These are high-power workstations often with multiple processors, RAID, SCSI, and lots of memory and disk space.
What is a network server?
100
A LAN that is not based primarily on physical wiring but uses wireless transmissions between workstations
What is a Wireless LAN or Wireless Ethernet?
100
Devices that cause interference with WLAN because they use the same frequency ranges
What are 802.11 devices such as cordless phones and baby monitors?
100
An Internet protocol that allows all workstations on a local area network to assume the identity of one Internet IP Address.
What is NAT or Network Address Translation?
200
Network directory structure for Windows Server OS; Central repository for all objects that make up the enterprise: domains, organizational units, users, groups, computers, printers, etc.
What is Active Directory?
200
Data is stored on multiple disk drives; provides levels of data security.
What is RAID (redundant array of independent disks)?
200
Most wireless ethernets are combinations of both technologies.
What are wired and wireless?
200
A radia transceiver that plays the same role as a switch in wired Ethernet LANs and enables the computers near it to communicate with each other and it also connects them into wired LANs
What is a Wireless Access Point or WAP?
200
An Internet protocol that dynamically assigns Internet addresses to workstations as they request a connection to the Internet or network.
What is DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)?
300
Group of users, server, and other resources that share account and security information or the primary unit of administration in all of the Windows network operating systems.
What is a domain?
300
Data is broken into pieces, and each piece is stored on different disc drives also called striping in this level of data protection.
What is RAID 0?
300
Client Radio and Access Point
What are the two necessary components of a wireless network?
300
A form of Ethernet LAN in which the electrical power to operate the device is transmitted over the data cabling such that a separate connection to an electrical outlet is not necessary.
What is POE or Power Over Ethernet?
300
A TCP/IP network inside a company that allows employees to access the company's information resources through an Internet-like interface.
What is an Intranet?
400
Apple computer joined the NOS market with it.
What is Mac OS Server?
400
Data is stored on at least two disk drives, in duplicate, to provide a level of redundancy (or fault tolerance), should one disk become corrupted.
What is disk mirroring or RAID 1?
400
Usually a PC card with an integrated antenna installed in a laptop or workstation
What is a client radio?
400
The basic geometric layout of the network - the way in which the computers on the network are interconnected., such as bus, ring or star.
What is topology?
400
Antivirus software that is activated and then runs in the background while users perform other computing tasks.
What is terminate-and-stay-resident monitoring?
500
The sixth and most current release of Windows server family of operating systems.
What is Windows Server 2012?
500
Data is broken into pieces (stripes) and stored across three or more disks and is the most popular of the techniques.
What is RAID Level 5?
500
The interconnecting bridge between a wireless local area network workstation and the wired local area network and has an ethernet port plus a transceiver.
What is an access point?
500
Determines the feasibility of desired coverage, potential sources of interference, and current locations of the wired network where your WLAN will connect as well as how many APs may be needed to provide coverage.
What is a site survey?
500
A technique selected by the U.S. government to replace an aging standard. This technique is based on the Rijndael algorithm and uses 128-, 192-, or 256--bit keys.
What is Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)?
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