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It is an external input device used to type data into some sort of computer system. It usually includes alphabetic, numerical, and common symbols used in everyday transcription.
What is a keyboard?
100
Each node is connected to a single cable. A signal from the source travels in both directions to all machines connected to the cable until it finds the intended recipient.
What is a bus topology?
100
It is a computer that hold shared files, programs, and the network operating system. It provides access to network resources to all the users of the network.
What is a server?
100

It is defined as computing services offered either over the Internet or a private internal network and only to select users instead of the general public. Also called an internal or corporate cloud, it gives businesses many of the following benefits: self-service, scalability, and elasticity, with the additional control and customization available from dedicated resources over a computing infrastructure hosted on-premises.

What is a private cloud?

200
It is an electronic device which reads printed material and converts it to digital form.
What is a scanner?
200
It is a network topology that is set up in a circular fashion in which data travels around in one direction and each device acts as a repeater to keep the signal strong as it travels.
What is a ring topology?
200
Besides wireless possibilites this medium is a faster option to connect devices within a network than using copper cables.
What are fibre-optics?
200

It is a computing environment that combines two different forms of clouds by allowing data and applications to be shared between them. When computing and processing demand fluctuates, it gives businesses the ability to seamlessly scale their on-premises infrastructure up to one cloud system to handle any overflow—without giving third-party datacenters access to the entirety of their data.

What ia a hybrid cloud?

300
It is an output device for getting results on paper.
What is a printer?
300

It's main disadvantage is that the network will be down if there is a fault in the central unit.

What is a star topology?

300
It allows personal computers to access files, print to a local printer, and have and use one or more disk and CD drives that are located on the computer. Examples are MS-DOS, Unix, Linux, Windows XP etc.
What is an OS (operating system)?
300

It allows users to connect to and use cloud-based apps over the Internet. Common examples are email, calendaring, and office tools (such as Microsoft Office 365).

What is SaaS (Software as a Service)?

400
It is a device for use in certain system by converting standard telephone audio into a digital format that can be transmitted over the Internet, and by converting incoming digital phone signals from the Internet to standard telephone audio.
What is a VoIP phone?
400
It is a network topology in which there is a direct link between all pairs of nodes.
What is a fully connected topology?
400
It is the generic term for switches, routers and hubs.
What are intermediate/intermediary devices?
400

It is a form of cloud computing that delivers fundamental compute, network, and storage resources to consumers on-demand, over the internet, and on a pay-as-you-go basis. It provides the lowest-level control of resources in the cloud.

What is IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)?
500
It is a device that records people's activities in order to detect and prevent crime.
What is a security camera?
500
The result one gets when mapping the data flow between the components in opposite to a physical topology mapping the physical links of all components.
What is the logical topology of a network?
500
It is another term for end device which describes all devices connected to a network that participate directly in network communication. It can send and receive messages on the network.
What is a host?
500

It is a project for the development of an efficient and competitive, secure and trustworthy data infrastructure for Europe, which is supported by representatives of business, science and administration from Germany and France, together with other European partners. The name of the project is derived from one of the first Greek deities, who arose from chaos and who, in mythology, stands as the personified earth for the woman giving birth.

What is GAIA-X?