MIS 2223 Chapters 10

You run a large network in which it is important to keep a duplicate of the central device in case the primary one fails. Network topology?

Which of the following technologies is your new remote control most likely to use

A network topology in which a cable forms a closed loop, with all computers and devices arranged along it

What is a sending device

A communications device connects the sending and receiving devices to a communications channel

Data, instructions, or information travel along a

What is a receiving device?

What is a network?

With ISDN, the telephone line that could only carry 1 can now carry 3or <signals on the same line using multiplexing

Which of the following has a port to which a cable connects in order to coordinate the transmission and receipt of data, instructions &info

Users connected to a network have access to software on the network

Infrared (IR) is a wireless transmission medium that sends signals using infrared light waves

Which of the following technologies is your new wireless headset most likely to use?

Which of the following has the fastest transfer rate?

Wi-Fi networks easily can be integrated with wired Ethernet networks.

Which of the following kinds of modems is a modem that sends and receives digital data over and information to and from a digital line?

Which of the following are radio waves that provide a high-speed signal transmission?

What does EFT stand for?

Which of the following is not a technology used by hot spots?

Some mobile users have a wireless modem that uses a mobile phone provider's network to connect to the Internet wirelessly from a computer/MD

What is an earth-based reflective dish that contains the antenna, transceivers equipment necessary for microwave communications

A network in which each computer has equal responsibilities and capabilities. What is this kind of network called?

Whats the term for a communications device that connects multiple computers together data to its correct destination on a network?

Which of the following enables a computer or device that does not have built-in networking capability to access a network?

Which of the following is not an application of communications satellite technology?

(2)Which of the following has the fastest transfer rate?

on what kind of network must all of the computers and devices (nodes) on the network connect to a central device?

What term describes the process in which two or more computers or devices transfer data, instructions, and information?

Which of the following is the data transfer rate equivalent to one million bits per second?

Although it can connect any number of computers, a client/server network typically provides an efficient means to connect 10 or < computers

Which of the following is a simple, inexpensive network that typically connects fewer than 10 computers?

A network that connects computers in a limited geographical area such as a home, school, or office building.

A LAN that uses no physical wires.

A high-speed network that connects local area networks in a metropolitan area.

A network that covers a large geographic area using a variety of wired and wireless transmission media

A network that connects computers and devices in an individual's workspace using wired and wireless technology.

A network server manages network traffic (activity)

The layout of the computers and devices in a communications network.

Consists of a single central cable to which all computers and other devices connect

Defines guidelines that specify the way computers access the medium to which they are connected, the type of medium used, speed, &cables

A standard that outlines characteristics of how two devices communicated on a network

A protocol may define data format, encoding schemes, error handling, and the sequence in which data transfers over a network

A network standard that specifies no central computer or device on the network should control when data can be transmitted

Standard that specifies that computers and devices on the network share or pass a specific signal, called a token in a unidirectional manner

Special series of bits that functions like a ticket

Network protocol that defines how messages are routed from one end of a network to the other, ensuring the data arrives correctly

Identifies any network based on the 802.11 standards

A network standard that specifies how two Uwb devices use short-range radio waves to communicate at high speeds with each other.

Protocol that defines how a network uses radio signals to communicate with a tag placed in orattached to an object, an animal, or a person.

A protocol, based on RFID that defines how a network uses close-range radio signals to communicate between two devices or objects with this.

A network standard developed by IEEE that specifies how wireless devices communicate over the air in a wide area

Consists of programs and apps that help users establish a connection to anything, and manage the transmission of, and provide an interface

Uses fiber-optic cable to provide extremely high-speed internet access to a user's physical permanent location

Service that carries voice, data, video, and media at very high speeds. Large amounts of traffic. Will be internet standard replacing T3line

A communications device that sends and receives data and info to and from a digital line

Broadband modem that sends digital data and info from a computer to a DSL line and receives digital data and info from a DSL line

A communications device that enables a computer or device that does not have built-in networking capability to access a netowrk

A device that provides a cental point for cables in a network

Consists of materials or substances capable of carrying one or more communications signals