S3 Networks Flashcards
What is a LAN?
Local Area Network.
What is a WAN?
Wide Area Network.
What is a NIC?
Network Interface Card.
What is wireless?
Using radio waves or microwaves to transmit signals/data.
What is wired?
Using wires to transmit signals/data.
What is coaxial cabling?
Coaxial cabling is like UTP except better protected against interference.
What is Fibre Optic?
Fibre Optic sends light along glass wires to transmit signals/data.
What is Transmission Media?
Transmission media is whatever substance is used to transmit signals/data for example UTP.
What is UTP?
Unshielded Twisted Pair.
What is Stand-Alone?
A Stand-Alone computer is a computer that is not connceted to a network and works without being connected to another device.
What is a Network?
A Network is a group of computers connected together.
What is the Internet?
The internet is a world wide computer network used for sharing and storing data.
What is Peer to Peer?
On a Peer to Peer network there are no access levels and data can be stored and shared without a central server.
What is a Client Server?
A Client Server has access levels and needs a central server to store data.
What is a Hub?
The Hub is the central server/computer in a network.
