Network Types & Connection Types. Flashcards
1
Q
LAN
A
Local Area Network
Group of computers and devices networked together usually located in a small area; a house, small office, or single building
2
Q
WAN
A
Wide Area Network
A group of one or more LANs over a large geographic area.
3
Q
MAN
A
Metropolitan Area Network or
Municipal Area Network
When a company has two offices in the same city and wants to make a high speed connection between them.
4
Q
WMN
A
Wireless Mesh Network
Wireless access points or nodes have multiple connections to each other in a mesh or matrix pattern.
5
Q
PAN
A
Personal Area Network
Smaller computer network used by small computing devices.
- Bluetooth
- Wireless USB
- Zigbee
- Z-Wave
