Topology
The oldest, most rarely used form of topology.
What is bus topology.
A P2PN stands for this, a network with no central location where files are stored.
What is Peer-to-Peer?
This form of Wide Area Network is one that anyone can join through a telecommunications company.
What is a Public Data Network?
This is the number of layers in the OSI model.
What is 7.
This is collaborative software, such as google docs or confluence.
What is groupware?
This is the most expensive form of topology to implement.
Mesh
A drawback of this form of LAN is that data can be difficult to backup
What is Peer-to-Peer.
When using a VPN, this makes your computer appear in a different location.
What is IP Address?
This is another word for a rule that is followed by networks.
What is protocol?
This facility is where data is stored in the cloud
What is a data center?
These are used in ring topology to help avoid collisions.
What are tokens.
This is the powerful computer that provides information and manages services in many LANs.
What is the server.
This type of Wide Area Network provides additional security for its users.
?What is Private Data Network?
This is the organization that designed the protocols for networks.
What is International Standards Organization?
The stars in a star-bus network are connected by this type of bus, a high speed data line.
What is backbone?
This refers to the program in a Client/Server network that manages and secures the entire network.
What is network operating system.
This type of WAN is typically covers a large area such as a university campus or a city.
What is a Metropolitan Area Network?
This is what the acronym "OSI" stands for from the OSI model.
What is Open Systems Interconnection?
This system is used by business to help track trends in sales and inventory.
What is the POS system?
This type of connection is had between every device in a mesh network.
What is direct connection?
A physical connection in a Peer-to-Peer Network is made using this type of cable.
What is ethernet?
This is the location at which LANs attach to the backbone in a WAN.
What is the point of presence?
These are three of the seven layers of the OSI Model.
What are Application, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, Datalink, and Physical?
This is what the acronym EDI stands for, which allows businesses to set up a personal network with suppliers.
What is Electronic Data Interchange?