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9. What is the term used to describe the gradual merger of computing and communications into a new information environment: digital computation or digital congruence or digital convergence or digital merger?   digital convergence  
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What type of signals use wave variations?   analog  
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What is the term given to describe a cyber villain who breaks into computers to steal or destroy information and/or to use it for illegal profit?   black hat hacker  
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What is the type of e-mail bomb that is tied to when a specific event occurs?   logic bomb  
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Computers use what type of signals?   digital  
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Traditional TV and radio use what type of signals?   analog  
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Fill-in-the-blank: The term that is the abbreviation for modulate and demodulate is...   modem  
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True or false: For data transmission over telephone lines and cables, modems are required to convert analog data.   true  
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True or false: Modems cannot convert data by modulating either a analog wave’s amplitude or its frequency.   false  
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The term that describes the process of converting reality to digital form is known as what?   sampling  
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True or false: To burn a CD, the digital recording equipment must convert from digital to analog?   false  
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What is the term that describes a system of interconnected computers, telephones, and/or other communications devices?   network  
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True or false: challenges associated with networks include cost, security, and dependency on main file servers?   true  
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What type of communications network covers a large geographic area, such as a country or the world?   wide area network  
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What type of communications network covers a city or a suburb?   metropolitan area network  
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What type of communications network connects computers and devices in a limited geographic area, such as an office or a building?   local area network  
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What type of communications network uses wired, cable, or wireless connections to link a household’s digital devices?   home area network  
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What type of communications network uses short-range wireless technology to connect an individual’s personal devices?   personal area network  
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What type of communications network relies on inexpensive, very short-range, low-power wireless technology to link switches and sensors?   home automation network  
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Which network structure describes computers that request data, and computers that supply data?   client server  
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Which network structure describes all computers on the network that are “equal”?   peer to peer  
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What term describes the technology that has the infrastructure and standards of the Internet and the web, but for an organization’s internal use only?   intranet  
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What term describes the technology that allows use by selected outside entities, such as suppliers?   extranet  
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What term describes the technology that uses a public network (usually the Internet) plus intranets and extranets on a private basis?   virtal private network  
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What type of computer controls a network?   host  
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What term describes any device attached to the network?   node  
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What term describes fixed-length blocks of data for transmission, reassembled after transmission?   packets  
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What term describes a set of conventions, or rules, governing the exchange of data between hardware and/or software?   protocols  
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What network topology describes when messages are sent to the destination taking any possible shortest, easiest route to reach its destination?   mesh  
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What network topology describes all nodes being connected through a central host?   star  
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What network topology describes all nodes that are connected in a continuous loop?   ring  
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What network topology describes all nodes that are connected to a single wire or cable?   bus  
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What is the term that describes a full duplex device that connects computers to a network?   switch  
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What is the term that describes an interface device that connects same type of networks?   bridge  
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What is the term that describes an interface device that connects dissimilar networks?   gateway  
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What is the term that describes a device that directs messages among several networks, wired or and/or wireless?   router  
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What is the term that describes the main Internet highway that connects all networks in an organization?   backbone  
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What is the name of the device that is inserted in a slot on the motherboard, to enable a computer to operate as part of a network?   network interface card  
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What is the name of the the system software that manages network activity?   network operating system  
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In MS Access, what term describes a complete set of related data about one entity or activity?   record  
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In MS Access, what term describes the major database object that stores all data in a subject-based?   table  
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In MS Access, what term describes smallest storage element that contains an individual data element within a record?   field  
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