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A device connected to a LAN that provides wireless communication so that computers, printers, and other wireless devices can communicate with devices on the LAN.
What is access point (AP)
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In relation to analog communication, the range of frequencies that a communications channel or cable can carry. In general use, the term refers to the volume of data that can travel on a bus or over a cable stated in bits per second (bps), kilobits per second (Kbps), or megabits per second (Mbps). Also called data throughput or line speed.
What is bandwidth
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IEEE specifications for wireless communication and data synchronization. Also known as Wi-Fi.
What is 802.11a/b/g
100
wireless network that is designed to cover a wide area and is made up of numerous cells, which are sometimes called radio cells.
What is cellular network
100
A computer that requests information or access to resources from a server computer.
What is client
200
A transmission technique that carries more than one type of transmission on the same medium, such as cable modem or DSL.
What is broadband
200
An Ethernet standard that operates at 100 Mbps and uses STP cabling. Also called Fast Ethernet.
What is 100BaseT
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The term Apple computers use to describe the IEEE 802.11b standard.
What is AirPort
200
A 48-bit hardware address unique to each NIC card and assigned by the manufacturer. The address is often printed on the adapter as hexadecimal numbers. An example is 00 00 0C 08 2F 35. Also called a physical address, a MAC address, or a hardware address.
What is adapter address
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An Ethernet standard that operates at 10 Mbps and uses small coaxial cable up to 200 meters long. Also called ThinNet.
What is 10Base2
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A computer concept whereby one computer (the client) requests information from another computer (the server).
What is client/server
300
A standard for wireless communication and data synchronization between devices, developed by a group of electronics manufacturers and overseen by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group.
What is Bluetooth
300
Process by which a message is sent from a single host to all hosts on the network, without regard to the kind of data being sent or the destination of the data.
What is broadcast
300
An Ethernet standard that operates at 10 Mbps and uses thick coaxial cable up to 500 meters long. Also called ThickNet.
What is 10Base5
300
A LAN architecture in which all the devices are connected to a bus, or one communication line. Bus topology does not have a central connection point.
What is bus topology
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An Ethernet standard that operates at 10 Mbps and uses twisted-pair cabling rated CAT-3 or higher and an RJ-45 connector
What is 10BaseT
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A connector used with thin coaxial cable. Some ___ connectors are T-shaped and called T-connectors. One end of the T connects to the NIC, and the two other ends can connect to cables or end a bus formation with a terminator.
What is BNC connector
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A repeater that does not distinguish between noise and signal; it amplifies both.
What is amplifier repeater
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A subnet mask that can have a mix of zeroes and ones in one octet such as 11111111.11111111.11110000.00000000, which can be written as 255.255.240.0.
What is classless subnet masks
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a fixed transceiver and antenna that is used to create a radio cell.
What is base station
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Subnet masks that use either all ones or all zeroes in an octet
What is classful subnet masks
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An IP address in the address range 169.254.x.x, used by a computer when it cannot successfully lease an IP address from a DHCP server.
What is Automatic Private IP Address (APIPA)
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A protocol standard used by cellular WANs and cell phones
What is CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)
500
Signal degeneration over distance.
What is attenuation
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The process by which a protocol is associated with a network card or a modem card.
What is binding