Computer Networks

Question 1

linchpin

Answer 1

/lɪntʃpɪn/
If you refer to a person or thing as the linchpin of something, you mean that they are the most important person or thing involved in it.

Question 2

He’s the ~ of our team and crucial to my long-term plans.

Answer 2

He’s the lynchpin of our team and crucial to my long-term plans.

Question 3

seamless

Answer 3

/siːmləs/

You use seamless to describe something that has no breaks or gaps in it or which continues without stopping.

Question 4

It was a ~ procession of wonderful electronic music.

Answer 4

It was a seamless procession of wonderful electronic music.

Question 5

He has moved ~ly from theory to practice.

Answer 5

He has moved seamlessly from theory to practice.

Question 6

prompt

Answer 6

/prɒmpt/ A prompt action is done without any delay.

Question 7

Applications in which ~ delivery is more important than accurate delivery.

Answer 7

Applications in which prompt delivery is more important than accurate delivery.

Question 8

entrenched

Answer 8

If something such as power, a custom, or an idea is entrenched, it is firmly established, so that it would be difficult to change it.

Question 9

… widely used, deeply ___, and thus hard to replace.

Answer 9

… widely used, deeply entrenched, and thus hard to replace.

Question 10

embarrassed

Answer 10

A person who is embarrassed feels shy, ashamed, or guilty about something.

Question 11

Some of them are a bit of an ___ now.

Answer 11

Some of them are a bit of an embarrassment now.

Question 12

at the height of

Answer 12

в разгаре

Question 13

vulnerable

Answer 13

Someone who is vulnerable is weak and without protection, with the result that they are easily hurt physically or emotionally.

Question 14

The ___ of the system was that the destruction of a few key toll offices could fragment it into many isolated islands.

Answer 14

The vulnerability of the system was that the destruction of a few key toll offices could fragment it into many isolated islands.

Question 15

whippersnapper

Answer 15

If you refer to a young person as a whippersnapper, you disapprove of them because you think that they are behaving more confidently than they should.

Question 16

The biggest and richest corporation in the world was not about to allow some young ___ (cheeky person) tell it how to build a telephone system.

Answer 16

The biggest and richest corporation in the world was not about to allow some young whippersnapper tell it how to build a telephone system.

Question 17

astound

Answer 17

/əstaʊnd/ If something astounds you, you are very surprised by it.

Question 18

They were ___ (surprise) when there was no network expert and no grand design.

Answer 18

They were astounded when there was no network expert and no grand design.

Question 19

upheaval

Answer 19

/ʌpˈhiːvəl/

An upheaval is a big change which causes a lot of trouble, confusion, and worry.

Question 20

One driver of these ___ (big change) is telecommunications convergence.

Answer 20

One driver of these upheavals is telecommunications convergence.

Question 21

convergence

Answer 21

/kənvɜːʳdʒəns/
The convergence of different ideas, groups, or societies is the process by which they stop being different and become more similar.

Question 22

hindrance

Answer 22

/hɪndrəns/

A hindrance is a person or thing that makes it more difficult for you to do something.

Question 23

DSL modem converts between digital packets and analog signals that can pass ___ over the telephone line. (without difficulties)

Answer 23

DSL modem converts between digital packets and analog signals that can pass unhindered over the telephone line.

Question 24

scarcity

Answer 24

/ˈskɛəsɪtɪ/ scarcity

If there is a scarcity of something, there is not enough of it for the people who need it or want it.

Question 25

It is the ___ of spectrum. (a lack of)

Answer 25

It is the scarcity of spectrum.

Question 26

inherent

Answer 26

The inherent qualities of something are the necessary and natural parts of it.

Question 27

Wireless is ___ a broadcast medium. (by nature)

Answer 27

Wireless is inherently a broadcast medium.

Question 28

nomadic

Answer 28

/noʊmædɪk/

Nomadic people travel from place to place rather than living in one place all the time.

Question 29

Typically, 802.11 is used by ___ clients that go from one fixed location to another.

Answer 29

Typically, 802.11 is used by nomadic clients that go from one fixed location to another.

Question 30

overhaul

Answer 30

/ˌəʊvəˈhɔːl/

If you overhaul a system or method, you examine it carefully and make many changes in it in order to improve it.

Question 31

foster

Answer 31

/fɒstəʳ/

To foster something such as an activity or idea means to help it to develop.

Question 32

Telecommunications Act of 1996 that ___ regulation to foster competition. (examine in order to improve).

Answer 32

Telecommunications Act of 1996 that overhauled regulation to foster competition.

Question 33

Telecommunications Act of 1996 that overhauled regulation to ___ competition. (to help it to develop)

Answer 33

Telecommunications Act of 1996 that overhauled regulation to foster competition.

Question 34

steering committee

Answer 34

a committee set up to prepare and arrange topics to be discussed, the order of business, etc, for a legislative assembly or other body.

Question 35

The chairmen of these working groups initially met as a ___ to direct the engineering effort. (a committee set up to prepare topics to be discussed)

Answer 35

The chairmen of these working groups initially met as a steering committee to direct the engineering effort.

Question 36

obey

Answer 36

/oʊbeɪ/

If you obey a person, a command, or an instruction, you do what you are told to do.

Question 37

Inter-recipe dependencies are ___. (followed)

Answer 37

Inter-recipe dependencies are obeyed.

Question 38

culprit

Answer 38

/kʌlprɪt/

When you are talking about a problem or bad situation, you can refer to its cause as the culprit.

Question 39

to identify the ___ (cause of a problem)

Answer 39

to identify the culprit