Computer Network - correct answer groups of computers or other devices that use common protocols for the purpose of sharing resources
Nodes - correct answer devices connected to the network
Links - correct answer ...
Computer Network - correct answer groups of computers or other devices that use
common protocols for the purpose of sharing resources
Nodes - correct answer devices connected to the network
Links - correct answer connections that transfer data between nodes
Servers - correct answer a node that provides services to host or client nodes
protocols - correct answer defined set of rules that determine how data is
transmitted and interpreted for a network
Network Hub - correct answer early versions of computer networks utilized these to
interconnect nodes on a computer network
Network Switch - correct answer primary piece of hardware used to interconnect
nodes on a computer network
What layer do switches operate? - correct answer layer 2
Router - correct answer perform traffic direction functions from one computer
network to a destination computer network
physical layer - correct answer provides the means for
transmitting data bits over a physical medium.
What is media in terms of the physical layer? - correct answer cables
, What layer does a hub operate on? - correct answer layer 1
Bits - correct answer rapid pules of activity in the signals
Bitstream - correct answer rapid transmission of bits in series
Data Link Layer - correct answer takes layer 3 PDU and encapsulates it inside of a
layer 2 Frame
Ethernet - correct answer used for formatting a standardized logical ordering of bits
to create what is known as an Ethernet frame
Max size of Ethernet frame - correct answer 1522 bytes
Leading series of bits is called? - correct answer Frame Header
What does the frame header contain? - correct answer source and destination
address
Frame Footer - correct answer trailing series of bits
What does Frame Footer make up? - correct answer Frame Check Sequence (FCS)
What does the Frame Check Sequence do? - correct answer error detection
Media Access Control (MAC) - correct answer physical address of the NIC inside a
computer
MAC address size? - correct answer 48 bits
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