03-01 Protocols & Models - Terms

Question 1

people or electronic devices that need to send a message to other individuals or devices

Answer 1

message source (sender)

Question 2

receives the message and interprets it

Answer 2

destination (receiver)

Question 3

consists of the media that provide the pathway over which the message travels from source to destination

Answer 3

channel

Question 4

the process of converting information into an acceptable from for transmission

Answer 4

encoding

Question 5

placing one message format inside another message format

Answer 5

encapsulation

Question 6

the process of managing the rate of data transmission

Answer 6

flow control

Question 7

determines when someone can send a message

Answer 7

access method

Question 8

information is transmitted to a single end device

Answer 8

unicast

Question 9

information is transmitted to one or more end devices

Answer 9

multicast

Question 10

information is transmitted to all end devices

Answer 10

broadcast

Question 11

define common formats and sets of rule for exchanging messages between devices

Answer 11

protocols

Question 12

a conceptual framework to help understand and implement the relationships between various protocols

Answer 12

reference model