Chapter 10 computers – Flashcards

1. A ________ is a collection of computers and devices connected together via communications devices and transmission media.

2. For successful communications, you need a sending device, a(n) ________ , a communication device, and a receiving device.

3. Each computer or device on a local area network, called a ____, often shares resources such as printers, large hard drives, and programs.

4. A(n) ________ is an internal network that uses Internet technologies.

5. A ________ is a network that connects computers and devices in a limited geographical area such as a home, school, office building.

6. A ________ is a network that covers a large geographic area (such as a city, country, or the world) using a variety of wired and wireless transmission media.

7. ________ transmits on existing standard copper phone wiring.

8. A _____ is a type of always-on physical connection that is established between two communications devices.

9. A ________ network contains a single, centralized device through which all computers and devices on the network communicate.

10. A standard that outlines characteristics of how two devices communicate on a network is called a ________ .

11. A ________ controls access to the hardware, software, and other resources on the network and provides a centralized storage area for programs, data, and information.

12. Each computer on a(n) ________ network has equal responsibilities and capabilities, sharing hardware, data, or information with other computers on the network.

13. ________ has been adopted as the network standard for Internet communications. Thus, all hosts on the Internet follow the rules defined in this standard.

14. The technique of breaking a message into individual packets, sending the packets along the best route available, and then reassembling the data is called packet ________ .

15. Any type of hardware capable of transmitting data, instructions, and information between a sending device and a receiving device is called a ________ .

16. A broadband _____ is a communications device that sends and receives data/information to and from a digital line.

17. For smaller business and home networks, a(n) ________ allows multiple computers and mobile devices to share a single broadband Internet connection.

18. The amount of data and information that can travel over transmission media sometimes is called the ________ .

19. Applications such as air navigation, television and radio broadcasts, weather forecasting, videoconferencing, paging, GPS, and Internet connections use ________ .

20. The configuration of computers, devices, and media in a network is sometimes called the ____.

21. Digital ____ lines include cable television lines, DSL, ISDN lines, FTTP, T-carrier lines, and ATM.

22. ____ sometimes is referred to as wireless Ethernet because it uses techniques similar to the Ethernet standard to specify how physically to configure a wireless network.

23. One popular use of the Wi-Fi network standard is in ____ that offer mobile users the ability to connect to the Internet with their Wi-Fi enabled wireless computers and devices.

24. ____ is a protocol, based on RFID, which defines how a network uses close-range radio signals to communicate between two devices or objects equipped with the technology.

25. Some experts predict that ____ eventually will become the Internet standard for data transmission.