Chapter 1 Flashcards
Describe the first and second industrial revolutions.
First: revolutionized the way people work by introducing machines and new organizational forms.
-Second: revolutionizing the way people work through networking and data communications.
When did Samuel Morse invent the telegraph system?
1837
When did Bell develop concept of the phone?
1874
When was ATT incorporated?
1885
When was control transferred from ICC to the FCC
1934
When was ATT divided into two parts?
1984
What is net neutrality?
-for a given type of content, all content providers are treated the same.
What is data communications?
-The movement of computer information from one point to another by means of electrical or optical transmission systems.
What is telecommunications?
-transmission of voice and video as well as data
What is a server?
-stores data or software that can be accessed by clients.
What is a client?
- the input-output hardware device at the user’s end of a communication circuit.
- provides users with access to the network and the data and software on the server.
What is a circuit?
-the pathway through which the messages travel.
What is a router?
-connects two or more networks.
What is a file server?
-stores data and software that can be used by computers on the network.
What is a print server?
-connects to a printer and manages all printing requests from the clients on the network.
What is a web server?
-stores documents and graphics that can be accessed from any web browser.
What is a LAN?
- group of computers located in the same general area.
- clearly defined small area
- one floor or work area, building or group of buildings.
What is a Backbone Network(BN)?
- larger, central network connecting several LANs, other BNs, MANs and WANs.
- hundreds of feet to several miles.
What is a MAN?
- connects LANs and BNs located in different areas to each other and to WANs.
- 3 to 30 miles.
What is a WAN
- connects BNs and MANs.
- leased circuits from IXCs.
- hundreds or thousands of miles
- 64 Kbps to 10 Gbps.
What is an intranet?
-Lan that uses same technologies as internet but open only to those inside the organization.
What is an extranet?
-provided to invited users outside the organization who access it over the Internet.