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INFOTECH 21 - Networking > Topic #5: Communicating Over the Network > Flashcards

Topic #5: Communicating Over the Network Flashcards

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Three elements of communication

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  • Sender
  • Receiver
  • Channel
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The Communication Process

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Message Source > Encoder > Transmitter > Transmission Medium > Receiver > Decoder > Message Destination

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It is the process in which all messages are broken into smaller pieces that can easily be transported together across a medium

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Segmentation

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Benefits of Segmentation

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  • Multuplexing
  • Increased Efficiency
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5
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It occurs when the segments of two or more messages can shuffle into each other and share the medium

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Multiplexing

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Network Components

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  • Devices and Media
  • Services and Processes
  • Software
  • Hardware
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These network components are the physical elements or hardware of the network

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Devices and Media

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These network components refer to the communication programs called software that run on the networked devices.

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Services and Processes

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These network components refer to the one that provides information in response to a request

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Network Service

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These provide the functionality that directs and moves the messages through the network

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Processes

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These network components refer to the network applications

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Software

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These network components refer to the physical network

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Hardware

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These devices connect individual hosts to the network and can connect multiple individual networks to form an internetwork

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Intermediary Devices

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Three Devices and Media

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  • End Devices
  • Intermediary Devices
  • Network Media
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This intermediary Device connects end users to their network

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Network access devices

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These intermediary devices connect one network to one or more other networks

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Internetwork Devices

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These intermediary devices route services

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Communication Servers

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These intermediary devices connect users to servers and networks through telephone or cable

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These intermediary devices secure the network with devices that analyze traffic exiting and entering networks

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Security Devices

20
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3 main types of Networking Media

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  • Copper
  • Fiber-Optic Cable
  • Wireless
21
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This kind of networking media encodes the data through electrical pulses

22
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This networking media encodes the data through light pulses

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Fiber-Optic Cable

23
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This networking media encodes the data through electromagnetic waves

INFOTECH 21 - Networking (14 decks)

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