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Network Building Blocks
Wired and Wireless Technologies
Network Setup
Sharing Files
Wireless Security
100
Connects personal computers within a very limited geographical area-usually a single building
What is LAN
100
Simultaneously broadcasts data packets to all network devices
What is ethernet
100
The name of a wireless network
What is SSID
100
Allows files containing documents, photos, music, and other data to be accessed from computers other than the one on which they're stored
What is file sharing
100
An original message, one that has not yet been encrypted
What is plaintext or cleartext
200
Connection points on a network
What is node
200
Short-range wireless network technology that is designed to make connections between two devices
What is bluetooth
200
The original wirless protocol
What is WEP (wired equivalent privacy)
200
A setting that affects whether your computer can see other computers on a network and whether your computer can be seen by others
What is network discovery
200
An encrypted message is referred to as...
What is ciphertext
300
The most important network device
What is router
300
Transmits data as radio waves over 2.4 GHz or 5.8 GHz frequencies
What is wi-fi
300
Sometimes referred to as the network security key
What is wireless encryption key
300
Designed to hold files and folders that you wants to share with other people on your network.
What is public folder
300
The process of converting ciphertext to plaintext
What is decryption
400
A process in which two computers on a network might negotiate their communications protocols
What is handshaking
400
Uses two or more antennas to essentially send multiple sets of signals between network devices
What is MIMO (multiple input multiple output)
400
Scrambles the data transmitted between wireless devices and then unscrambles the data only on devices that have a valid encryption key
What is wireless encryption
400
A computer whose primary purpose is to be a repository for files that can be accessed by network work stations
What is file server
400
A procedure for encrypting or decrypting a message
What is cryptographic algorithm
500
Transmission capacity of a communications channel
What is bandwidth
500
Can be used to upgrade computers without wi-fi
What is wi-fi adapter
500
A type of WPA (wi-fi protected access) used on most home networks
What is PSK (pre-shared key)
500
A collection of trusted windows computers that automatically share files and folders
What is homegroup
500
Breaking or cracking a code
What is unauthorized decryption