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Data Transmission

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Definition
WAN   Wide Area Network  
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LAN   Local Area Network  
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Simplex   Data can only travel in one direction  
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Duplex   Data can travel in both directions at the same time  
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Half-Duplex   Data can travel in both directions but NOT at the same time  
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Bit Rates   the number of bits that can be transferred in a given period of time.  
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Parity Check   Will either be odd parity or even parity  
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Check Sums   Check sums are similar to PC but they add extra bits to the data calculated from the data.  
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Echoes   Echoes are the most reliable method of error checking but causes a lot of network traffic.  
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Circuit Switching   Sets up an independent route before a single packet is sent  
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Packet Switching   Packets of data take independent routes through the network  
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Protocol   A set of rules which govern communication over a specific transmission medium.  
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Packet   A chunk of binary data which is used to send information across a network. It will contain the message to be sent as well as additional data on how the packet was formed, should be read, where it came from and who it is going to.  
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Serial   One bit at a time.  
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Parallel   All bits at once.  
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