Networks and Communications

Question 1

File Server

Answer 1

A networked computer that provides large amounts of shared storage, it can be accessed by workstations on the same network.

Question 2

Firewall

Answer 2

An application that prevents unauthorised connections to and from the Internet.

Question 3

Hack

Answer 3

Gaining unauthorised access to a computer.

Question 4

Switch

Answer 4

A device for connecting computers and other network capable devices together to form a network.

Question 5

Workstation

Answer 5

A computer connected to a network.

Question 6

.uk

Answer 6

The internet country code for the United Kingdom.

Question 7

Analogue

Answer 7

Continuous data, eg the second hand on an analogue watch displays each second and the space in between.

Question 8

Blog

Answer 8

An online publication written by an individual or a group of individuals that covers a subject of their choosing, a contraction of the term ‘web log’.

Question 9

Broadband

Answer 9

A high-speed internet connection.

Question 10

Digital

Answer 10

Information stored as discrete values usually represented as numbers. This contrasts with analogue data which is represented by continuous data, usually in waves.

Question 11

Domain

Answer 11

An area of control or management, eg bbc.co.uk is controlled by the BBC.

Question 12

Fibre Optic Cable

Answer 12

Cable that carries data transmitted as light.

Question 13

Forum

Answer 13

Also known as a message board, a platform for exchanging written messages with other users, a place for discussion.

Question 14

ISP

Answer 14

Internet Service Provider - needed in order to access the internet. They also provide services such as web space and email.

Question 15

Router

Answer 15

A device for connecting computers and other network capable devices together to form a network.

Question 16

Server

Answer 16

A computer that holds data to be shared with other computers. A web server stores and shares websites.

Question 17

Social Networking

Answer 17

The act of building or furthering existing friendships and relationships.

Question 18

Streaming

Answer 18

Data that is sent in pieces. Each piece is viewed as it arrives, eg a streaming video is watched as it downloads.

Question 19

Telephone Exchange

Answer 19

A system of electronic components that connects telephone calls and has been adapted and expanded to facilitate connections to the internet too.

Question 20

Web Space

Answer 20

The amount of storage given to a website.

Question 21

Web-based Applications

Answer 21

An application that runs within a web browser.

Question 22

Chat Room

Answer 22

Accessed on the internet, users can meet to chat in real-time, messages are typed out but voice chat rooms exist too.

Question 23

Dial-up

Answer 23

An outdated and slow method of connecting to the internet using a telephone line.

Question 24

Fax

Answer 24

Technology used to digitise hard copies of documents, transfer them across the telephone network, and print them on receipt.

Question 25

Identity theft

Answer 25

When the identity of an individual is assumed by someone else in order to profit, financially or otherwise.

Question 26

Mailbox

Answer 26

Where all email sent to and from the associated email address is stored.

Question 27

Spam

Answer 27

unsolicited (junk) email

Question 28

Voicemail

Answer 28

A message left as a recording that can be listened to later by the recipient.