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ISDS 1100 FINAL EXAMWho owns the Internet? - correct answer ✔✔Individuals
Universities
Government agencies
Private companies
Point of presence (POP) - correct answer ✔✔WAN (Wide Area Network) connection point used to obtain
access to the WAN
Wired or wireless
Internet backbone - correct answer ✔✔Collection of large national and international networks
T lines - correct answer ✔✔Initially used for backbone ISP connections
Optical carrier line (OC) - correct answer ✔✔Today's most common backbone ISP connection
NAPs - correct answer ✔✔Once known as network access points
IXPs - correct answer ✔✔Exchange data via Internet exchange points
Types of servers - correct answer ✔✔Commerce servers
Web servers
File servers
LAN - correct answer ✔✔Uses cables, radio waves, or infrared signals
Links computers in a limited geographic area
, WAN - correct answer ✔✔Uses long-distance transmission media
Links computer systems a few miles or thousands of miles
Internet is the largest WAN
MAN - correct answer ✔✔Designed for a city
Larger than a LAN, smaller than a WAN
CAN - correct answer ✔✔Several LANs located in various locations on a college or business campus
Smaller than a WAN
Use devices such as switches, hubs, and routers
PAN - correct answer ✔✔Network of an individual's own personal devices
Usually within a range of 32 feet
Usually use wireless technology
Hub - correct answer ✔✔Joins multiple computers together in a single network
Does not manage traffic between the connections
Switches - correct answer ✔✔Filter and forward data between nodes
Are similar to routers but work within a single network
Routers - correct answer ✔✔Connect two or more networks
Inspect the source and target of a data package
Determine the best route to transmit data
Computer protocols - correct answer ✔✔Rules for electronic information exchange
Open system protocols - correct answer ✔✔Any computer can communicate with other computers using
the same protocols
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