A system of two or more computer systems connected together so they can share and exchange data.
What is a Network
100
A dependable network that user’s trust to work
What is reliable network
100
A device with a keyboard and a monitor that connects directly to a mainframe through a communications link or cable. The terminal requests information from the mainframe computer.
What is a terminal
100
This includes software (browsers) that send information along the Internet’s hardware.
What is the WEB
100
To hire an outside company to handle various information technology (IT) services, such as technical support
What is outsourcing
200
Reasons to Network
What is Sharing resources, such as a printer, provides many benefits.
200
The capacity to handle network traffic. A measure for network data transfer performance
What is Thoughput
200
A computer’s ability to work on more than one job at a time. The processor can turn its attention from one job to another if one is held up waiting for input or output.
What is multitask
200
Text or image that “links” the user to another document when clicked.
What is hyperlink
200
Trained individual responsible for installing computers and their operating systems and managing networks on a daily basis.
What is network administrator
300
Sharing files between computers; the act of making files on one computer accessible to others on a network.
What is File Sharing
300
A network that the hardware or software can grow (scale) up or down to meet an organization’s needs.
What is a scalable network
300
This is a set of instructions for the computer processors. It is often divided into two broad categories: Systems and Applications.
What is Software
300
This is hardware connected together to create a network.
What is the Internet
300
Highly trained individual responsible for connecting computers to the network and connecting networks to networks.
What is network engineer
400
Software or hardware, such as a hard drive, printer, or scanner, that can be shared over a network.
What is Resource
400
Networks that duplicate data and/or resources to minimize down time and losses in the event of a disaster.
What is a redundant network.
400
Computers consisting of keyboards for input and screens for output. They are wired directly to the host computer and have little or no processing power of their own.
What is dumb Terminal
400
This Person developed the World Wide Web, using a graphic user interface (GUI) with hyperlinks to access information on the Internet.
Who is Tim Berners-Lee
400
Highly trained individual who oversees the construction, maintenance, and expansion of a company’s network.
What is network architect
500
A form of data transmission that involves a delay of seconds, minutes, or even days. Communication does not happen instantly.
What is asynchronous communication
500
The five main traits of a good network
What is
reliability
scalable
redundant
secure
speed
500
Created in the 1960s made it possible for military and university computers to communicate long distances and to share files through an interconnected network.
What is The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
500
This is thebrain, or processor component, of the computer that performs basic functions.
What is central processing unit
500
Individual with specialized technical knowledge to troubleshoot the many problems that arise in network usage.