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What is a computer Network?
A group of computing devices that are connected together so that they can share data and resources.
Give ONE similarity and ONE difference between Infrared and Microwave as transmission media
Infrared and microwave are both wireless but infrared is short range (a few metres) and microwave is longer range ( a few kilometres).
State the difference between a switch and a router?
A switch joins computer together while a router joins networks together.
State ONE similarity and ONE difference between a computer network and a mobile network.
Both a computer network and mobile networks connect communication devices together but a computer network can be wired or wireless while on a mobile network the last leg of transmission is mobile wireless.
This is a private, secure path over the internet that provides authorized users a secure means of accessing a private network via the internet.
VPN (Virtual Private Network)
What is a wireless network?
A network that uses radio waves instead of physical cables as the transmission medium.
Based on Wikipedia, what is the other name of raceway?
Surface-mounted wire moulding
What is meant by Transmission Media?
These are the mechanisms by which computing devices are connected together.
This uses networking technology to determine the current location or status of an object.
Monitoring Systems
Two cables that are resistant to electrical interference.
Fiber optic cables and Shielded twisted pairs.
How many individual wires will you find in a networking twisted pair?
8 Copper Wires
Name THREE wired transmission media
(i) Coaxial
(ii) Twisted pair
(iii) Fiber optic
(iv) Plenum
What does the P in ISP stand for?
Internet Service Provider
State the difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet.
The World Wide Web is a collection of billions of documents, accessed through the Internet, using a web-browsing application. The Internet is a public, globally accessible, wide area network providing information and communication facilities.
What is a Protocol?
This is a set of rules for communications on a network.
What type of network media carries data encoded into electrical impulses?
Copper cable
Name the type of networks used in the following:- (i) your district government office? (ii) Booking an airline ticket? (iii) Your local dental practice?
(i) Metropolitan Area
(ii) Wide Area
(iii) Local Area
What does the word "Protocol" means?
A protocol is a set of rules or an agreed way to exchange or transmit data between devices.
State the difference between a web page and a web browser.
A web page is an HTML document file accessible on the WWW. A web browser is an application program needed to view web pages.
What is BIT?
This is the smallest amount of data stored in a computer.
It is a cable used in the transmission of video, communications, and audio.
Coaxial Cable
What is the meaning of DVD-R?
Digital Versatile Disc - Recordable
Among the 7 steps in Creating a bootable flash drive, what is the number of this step?
Click “SELECT” and browse for the location of the image installer (ISO image) and open it.
4th step
This is the protocol used for transferring data over the internet.
TCP/IP
A 64-bit register stores how many values?
Quintillion different values or 18 446 744 073 709 551 616 different values