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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ARPANET | Advanced research projects agency network |
| DSL | digital subscriber line |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| ISDN | Integrated Service Digital Network |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| NetBEUI | Netbios Extended User Interface |
| NIC | Network Interface Card |
| OSI | Open System Intercommunication |
| POTS | Plain Old Telephone System |
| SSID | Service Set Idenifier |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol |
| WAN | Wide area network |
| WEP | Wired equivalent Privacy |
| WLAN | Wireless Local Area Network |
| WPA | Wifi Protocol acces |
| What is a hot spot? | a hot spot is a place where you can connect to the internet |
| Name two types of unguided media? | Infrared, radio waves |
| What are the three types of guided media? | Coaxial Cable, Fiber Optic, Cooper Twisted Pair |
| What is a computer network? | A connection of two or more communicating devices that are connected to form a system. |
| What is the purpose of a network? | The purpose of a network is to share resources, and collaborate. |
| What are four ways to access the internet? | POTS, DSL, ISDN, Satellite |
| Explain what a frame is? | a frame is when nodes communicate in short messages called frames, which variable sized chunks of info |
| What does a segment refer to? | IT REFERS TO A SIGNAL SHARED MEDIUM AS AN ETHERNET SEGMENT |
| What is a node? | device that attach to that segments are stations or nodes |
| How many octets are in a IP Adress | 4 octets |
| how many binary numbers in each octet? | 8 bits |
| how many total binary numbers | 255 |
| how many possible IP address are there | 4.3 billion possibilities |
| How many adress in the new IPv6 | 2 to the 128, 128 binary # total |