Week 8 Flashcards
The smallest and most basic type of network
Personal Area Network
low-voltage devices together across short distances (within a building or between a group of two or three buildings
Local Area network
make use of wireless network technology, such as Wi-Fi.
Wireless Local Area Network
networks are typically seen in universities, large K-12 school
Campus Area Network
These types of networks are larger than LANs but smaller than WANs
Metropolitan Area Network
span an entire geographic area (typically a town or city, but sometimes a campus).
Metropolitan Area Network
Connects computers together across longer physical distances.
Wide Area Network
are built and owned by businesses that want to securely connect its various locations to share computer resources.
Enterprise Private Network
lets its users send and receive data as if their devices were connected to the private network – even if they’re not.
Virtual Private Network
is a combination of two or more networks.
Inter Network/Internet
can be formed by joining two or more individual networks by means of various devices such as routers, gateways and bridges.
Inter Network/Internet
design a short-range wireless network called _________
Bluetooth
data transfer method which is characterized by a continuous stream of data
Synchronous Transmission
self-contained unit with its own start and stop bits
Asynchronous Transmission
