LAN: Chapter 1 Homework & Quiz Review Flashcards
The key characteristic in this is the existence of different resources that enable users to fulfill business, research, and educational tasks.
enterprise
A private network that functions like a tunnel through a larger network that is restricted to designated member clients only.
VPN
An example of this is a university chemistry department in which the computers in each office and lab are connected by communications cable.
LAN
A network transport method that uses carrier sending and packet collision detection to coordinate network traffic flow.
Ethernet
A far-reaching system of networks that form a complex whole.
WAN
The extensive research network that preceded the Internet.
ARPANET
The high-speed links between networks in this are typically made possible by fiber-optic connections.
MAN
A layered communications protocol used by IBM for communications between IBM mainframe computers and terminals.
SNA
_________ was the first successful transatlantic cable.
TAT1
____________ developed the .NET architecture.
Microsoft
A(n)___________ is a system of computers, print devices, network devices, and computer software linked by communications cabling or radio waves.
computer network
_____________ is a technology used in some high-speed LANs and WANs in which packets from one type of network are formatted to look similar to the data transport unit of another network.
LANE
A(n) _____________ is a unit of data that is formatted for transmission as a signal over a network.
packet
The design layout of a network is called the network _____________.
topology
A(n) ________ is a computer (mainframe, minicomputer, server, or workstation) that has an operating system enabling multiple computers to access it at the same time for files, data, and services.
host
IP stands for ___________.
Internet Protocol
The first hypermedia authoring system was marketed by ___________ in 1987.
Apple Computer
The Internet uses the ____________ protocol to enable people to share e-mail messages and computer files to access a vast array of information.
TCP/IP
___________ is used to transmit a frame or packet from one Microsoft- or Novell-based LAN over the Internet to another LAN of the same type.
Encapsulation
After the Soviet’s launched the Sputnik satellite into space, ________ was formed to help reestablish the United States as a leader in science.
ARPA
SNA stands for ____.
Systems Network Architecture
The “W” in WAN stands for ________.
wide
The ____ manages RFCs.
IETF
Often a _________ ends when there is a change in the communications medium.
LAN
____ regularly communicate and dynamically change information about network paths as the network composition or network conditions change.
Routers
OSI stands for ____.
Open Systems Interconnection
When getting specific, a packet represents information used in conjunction with ____ of the OSI model.
Layer 3
A(n) ____ network is one owned and maintained by an organization.
private
When getting specific, a frame represents information used in conjunction with ____ of the OSI model.
Layer 2
A ____ is typically the most complex type of network.
WAN
___ developed the first laser.
Bell Labs
