Chapter 6 Understanding Networks Principles

Question 1

Stand alone computers were insufficient for the following reason, p264

Answer 1

HDD drive capacities ,printing required a printer attached locally, Sharing documents, and emailing was interoffice unreliable and slow

Question 2

T/F LAN’s can automatically detect and join networks. No page

Answer 2

True.

Question 3

______introduced to connect computers in a single office or building.p 265

Answer 3

LAN’s

Question 4

______ is a very small scaled network designed around one person. p265

Answer 4

PAN.

Question 5

On a Large scale __________, which is bigger than a LAN but not quite as big as a WAN. p265

Answer 5

MAN

Question 6

Describe the the minicomputer brought to us in the 1970s distributed processing process.
p266

Answer 6

The process allows a user at one computer to use another computer as a back end to process and store information.

Question 7

WPAN What does this abbreviation stands for? p 267

Answer 7

Wireless Personal Area Network .

Question 8

______ ____ are assigned to specific applications or services for the network and nothing else. p269

Answer 8

Dedicated servers