Computer communications and networking Flashcards
explain the advantages of networking stand-alone computers into a local area network
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describe the hardware needed to connect stand-alone computers into a local area network, including hub/switches, wireless access points
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explain the different roles of computers in a client-server and a peer-to-peer network
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describe, using diagrams or otherwise, the ring, bus and star network topologies
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describe the differences between a local area network and a wide area network such as the
internet
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explain the terms IP addressing, MAC addressing, packet and protocols
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explain the need for security measures in networks, such as user access levels, suitable passwords and encryption techniques
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describe and justify network policies such as acceptable use, disaster recovery, failover, back up, archiving.
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describe the nature of the internet as a worldwide collection of computer networks
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describe the hardware needed to connect to the internet including modems, routers
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explain the need for IP addressing of resources on the internet and how this can be facilitated by the role of DNS services
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explain the importance of HTML and its derivatives as a standard for the creation of web pages
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describe common file standards associated with the internet such as JPG, GIF, PDF, MP3,
MPEG
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explain the importance of compressing files that are transmitted via the internet
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describe the differences between lossy and lossless compression.
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