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Android Operating System - Answer-An operating system designed for mobile and
wireless devices such as smartphones, and tablet PC's. Under the hood, Android is
bases on the Linux operating system
Backbone - Answer-A high-capacity communications medium that joins networks on the
same floor in a building, on different floors, and across long distances.
Bus Topology - Answer-A network design built by running cable from on PC or file
server to the next. Looks like links on a chain.
Cable Plant - Answer-The total amount of communications cable that makes up a
network.
Campus Area Network (CAN) - Answer-Multiple LANs, in a specific area or region, such
as buildings on a college campus, that are managed or owned by one organization
Client - Answer-A computer that access another computer, such as a workstation that
accesses a shared file on another workstation, server, or mainframe. The _______ may
use the accessed computer (host) to process data or may process accessed data using
its own CPU.
Communications Media - Answer-The cabling or radio waves used to connect one
network computer to another or one network to another and transport data between
them.
Computer Network - Answer-A system of computers, print devices, network devices,
and computer software linked by communications cabling or radio waves.
Enterprise Network - Answer-A combination of LANs, WANs, CANs, or WANs, that
provides computer users with an array of computer and network resources to complete
different tasks.
Fault Tolerance - Answer-Techniques that employ hardware and software to provide
assurance against equipment failures, computer service interruptions, and data loss.
Host - Answer-A computer that is connected to a network.
,Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) - Answer-An international
organization of scientists, engineers, technicians and educators that plays a leading role
in developing standards for network cabling and data transmissions.
Internet - Answer-A worldwide network of interconnected LANs, CANs, MANs, and
WANs, that uses TCP/IP protocol to enable people to share email messages and
computer files and to access a vast array of information.
Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) - Answer-An option offered on Windows computers
that enables one computer connected to the Internet to share its Internet connection
with other computers on the same network. This can be a good Internet access solution
in a home or small office.
iOS - Answer-An operating system developed by Apple for mobile devices such as the
iPhone. Like Apple's Mac OS X for desktop and laptop computers, iOS is based on
Darwin UNIX and incorporates concepts from Mac OS X.
Local Area Network (LAN) - Answer-A series of interconnected computers, printing
devices, and other computer equipment that share hardware and software resources.
The service area usually is limited to a given office area, floor, or building.
Mesh Topology - Answer-A network design in which every node is connected to every
other node, achieving fault tolerance.
Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) - Answer-A network that links multiple LANs in a
large city or metropolitan region.
Network Interface Card (NIC) - Answer-An adapter board or USB device designed to
connect a workstation, server, or other network device to a network medium.
Node - Answer-Any device connected to a network, such as a personal computer,
tablet, mainframe, server, network equipment, or printer. Also called a station.
Open Handset Alliance (OHA) - Answer-An alliance of vendors such as google,
Motorola, Intel, Dell, and T-Mobile that has provided backing for the Android operating
system.
Peer-to-Peer Network - Answer-A network on which any computer can communicate
with other networked computers on an equal (peer) basis without going through an
intermediary, such as a server. _____________ networking enables each computer to
offer and access shared resources, such as files and printers.
Personal Area Network (PAN) - Answer-A network that typically reaches a few meters,
such as up to 10 meters (33 feet, even though some can reach further, and consists of
personal devices such as mobile computers, smartphones, and handheld devices. Can
be wired or wireless.
, Private Network - Answer-A network owned and maintained by an organization, such as
a campus network operated by a college.
Protocol - Answer-Similar to a language, a ______ enables network devices to
communicate and exchange information or data. A _______ is an established guideline
that specifies how networked data is formatted into a packet or a frame, how it is
transmitted, and how it is interpreted at the receiving end.
Public Network - Answer-A network that offers services to members of the public, such
as network services offered by a telecommunications company or a cable TV company.
Ring Topology - Answer-A network design consisting of a continuous path for data with
no logical beginning or ending point, and thus no terminators.
Server - Answer-A computer that provides extensive multi-user access to network
resources, such as shared files, shared disks, and shared printers.
Star-Bus Hybrid Topology - Answer-Also called the star-wired bus topology, a network
design that combines the logical communications of a bus with the physical layout of a
star.
Star-Ring Hybrid Topology - Answer-Also called the star-wired ring topology, a networks
design in with the logical communications are in a ring but the physical layout of the
network is a star.
Star Topology - Answer-The oldest type of network design, this topology consists of
multiple nodes attached to a central hub or switch.
Terminator - Answer-A resistor that is connected to the end of a segment on a bus
network, so that data-carrying signals are absorbed at the point where the segment
stops. Absorbing the signals ensures that they are nit reflected back onto the cable after
they reach the end---thus preventing communication errors.
Topology - Answer-The physical layout of cable and wireless network devices and the
logical path followed by network frames or packets sent on the cable or by wireless
transmissions.
Tree Topology - Answer-(Expanded Star Topology) Offers features of the basic bus
topology combined with features of the star topology. This topology resembles a tree
with a trunk and limbs or represents a root node at the base in a hierarchy of nodes built
on levels off of the root node.
Universal Serial Bus (USB) - Answer-A serial bus, such as in a computer, designed to
support up to 127 discrete devices with data transfer speeds up to 5 Gbits/s (gigabits
per seconds).
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