Networks

Question 1

What is a LAN?

Answer 1

It is a Local Area Network, they are suitable for smaller areas such as single companies or organisations.

Question 2

What is a WAN?

Answer 2

It is a Wide Area Network, it is available over very large areas in many different organisations (World Wide Web)

Question 3

What is an Intranet?

Answer 3

This is an Internal network is private to one organisation, viewable by employees only

Question 4

What is Extranet?

Answer 4

This is an External network, which can be viewed by many different people in an organisation. Such as employees, customers , shareholders and suppliers

Question 5

What is a Bridge?

Answer 5

They are used to join 2 LANs together to form one larger network

Question 6

What is a Switch?

Answer 6

They are used to connect different computers together as part of a network

Question 7

What is a Gateway?

Answer 7

They allow 2 different networks to speak to one another by Translating Data