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Lesson 1 Flashcards

1
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Is the transfer of data or information between a source and a receiver.

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Data Communication

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2
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Transmits the data.

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Source

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3
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Receives the data.

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Receiver

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4
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Are the exchange of data between two devices via some form of transmission medium such as a wire cable.

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Data communications

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5
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Refers to information presented in whatever form is agreed upon by the parties creating and using the data.

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Data

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6
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Information that is stored in digital form.

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Data

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7
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Is defined as knowledge or intelligence

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Information

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8
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Is a set of devices interconnected by media links

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Network

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9
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A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.

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Internet

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10
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In what year was a proposal submitted to a Scottish magazine that suggested running a communications line between villages?

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1753

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11
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How many wires were the suggested communications line between villages from a proposal submitted to a Scottish magazine?

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26 parallel wires

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12
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What did each wire represent in the proposal that was submitted to a Scottish magazine?

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Letters of the Alphabet

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13
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Who developed an unusual system based on five-by-five matrix representing 25 letters?

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Carl Friedrich Gauss

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14
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Why were there only 25 letters included in Gauss’s system?

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I and J were combined

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15
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When did Gauss develop an unusual system based on a 5x5 matrix?

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1833

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16
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The first successful and practical data communications system.

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Telegraph

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17
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Who invented the Telegraph?

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Samuel F.B. Morse

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18
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When was the Telegraph invented?

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1832

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19
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What were transmitted across the wire of a telegraph?

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dots and dashes

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20
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First practical data communications code.

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Morse Code

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21
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When did Morse secure an American patent for his telegraph?

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1840

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22
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What was the first telegraph line established?

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“What hath God wrought!”

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23
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Places where the first telegraph line was established between

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Baltimore and Washington D.C

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24
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When was the first telegraph line established?

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1844

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25
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When was the first slow-speed telegraph printer invented?

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1849

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26
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When did the first high-speed printers become available?

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1860

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27
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Speed of the first high-speed printers.

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15-bps

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28
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Allowed signals up to six different telegraph machines to be transmitted simultaneously over a single wire.

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Telegraph Multiplexer

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29
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Who invented a telegraph multiplexer?

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Emile Baudot

30
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When was the telegraph multiplexer invented?

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1874

31
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Who invented the telephone?

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Alexander Graham Bell

32
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When was the telephone invented?

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1876

33
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Who succeeded in sending radio telegraph messages?

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Guglielmo Marconi

34
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When did Guglielmo Marconi succeeded in sending radio telegraph messages?

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1899

35
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What allowed the transmission of information across large spans of water?

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Commercial radio stations

36
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When were the first commercial radio stations installed?

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1920

37
Q

Who developed the first special-purpose computer using electromechanical relay?

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Bell Laboratories

38
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When was the first special-purpose computer using electromechanical relay developed?

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1940

39
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What was the first mass produced electronic computer?

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UNIVAC

40
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Who built the UNIVAC?

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Remington Rand Corporation

41
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When was the UNIVAC mass produced?

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1951

42
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When were batch processing systems replaced by on-line processing systems.

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1960s

43
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When were the microprocessor-controlled microcomputers introduced?

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1970s

44
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When did personal computers became an essential item?

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1980s

45
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When did the AT&T operating tariff allowed only equipment furnished by the same company to be connected to AT&T lines.

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1968

46
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When did the Internet began to evolve at the ARPA?

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1969

47
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Was formed to connect sites around the US.

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ARPANET

48
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When was ARPANET formed to connect sites around the US?

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1970

49
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What does ARPANET stand for?

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Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

50
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When did the World Wide Web became publicly available?

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1991

51
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3 major developments

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reduced cost and size of terminals, new software systems, competition

52
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Information can be ____ or ____.

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Local or Remote

53
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Communication that occurs face to face

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Local Communication

54
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Communication that occurs over a long distance

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Remote Communication

55
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Is any system of computers used to transmit and/or receive information between two or more locations.

A

Data Communication Network

56
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Is a set of equipment, transmission media, and procedures that ensures that a specific sequence of events occurs in a network in the proper order to produce the intended results.

A

Network Architecture

57
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Primary goal of network

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to give the users of the network the tools necessary for setting up the network and performing data flow control.

58
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General Classifications of network and network protocols

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Current Networks, Legacy Networks, Legendary Networks

59
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Include the most modern and sophisticated networks and protocols available.

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Current Networks

60
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Is the generic name assigned to any old network which is rarely used today.

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Legacy Networks

61
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Is called this when an antiquated network or protocol finally disasppears

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Legendary Networks

62
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Classifications of Computer Networks

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Broadcast Network, Point-to-point Network

63
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All stations and devices on the network share a single communication channel

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Broadcast Network

64
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It only has two stations and no addresses are needed.

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Point-to-point Network

65
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Are set if customs, rules, regulations dealing with formality or precedence.

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Protocols

66
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Are sets of rules governing the orderly exchange of data within the network or a portion of the
network.

A

Data Communication Protocols

67
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Refers to the structure or format of the data within the message, which includes sequence in which
the data are sent.

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Syntax

68
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Refers to the meaning of each section of data

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Semantics

69
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Are guidelines that have been generally accepted by the data communication industry

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Data Communications Standards

70
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Data Communication Protocols can either be ____ or ____

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Connection Oriented or Connectionless

71
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Modified definition of Data Communication

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“Data Communication is the exchange of data (in the form of 0’s and 1’s) between two devices (computers ) via some form of the transmission.”

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