NetworkingBasics Word Scramble
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special servers that perform processing and send the results to the client | Application server |
computer programs such as word processors, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation packages | Application software |
the process of making regular copies of data and software | Backups |
A frequency carry analog or digital signals for communication | Carrier |
individual computers on a server-based network | Clients |
another name for networks that use application servers | Client-Server networks |
software that allows different users to add revisions, suggestions, and comments to a single common document | Collaborative writing |
special servers that handle email and remote connections | Communications server |
multiple computers and devices that are connected together | Computer network |
special servers that store data about the users of a network and enforce access permissions | Directory services servers |
computerized calendars that are available across a network | Electronic calendars |
messages that are sent electronically over distances | |
servers that manage faxes sent from the clients and received from other users | Fax servers |
one billion bits per second | Gigabits |
programs that help people work together collectively | Groupware |
one thousand bits per second | Kilobits |
computer network that has all of the computers relatively close to each other | Local Area Network |
process of using a password or another identification to access a network. | Log in |
servers that send only selection data across the network to a client | Mail servers |
A very large and expensive computer capable of supporting hundreds, or even thousands, of users simultaneously. | Mainframe |
one million bits per second | Megabits |
powerful desktop computers that were introduced in the late 1970’s | Microcomputer |
A midsized computer. In size and power, minicomputers lie between workstations and mainframes. | Minicomputer |
the person responsible for overseeing a server-based network | Network manager |
peer-to-peer networks that function over the internet | P2P |
a network in which each computer on the network is essentially the same and the computers collectively run the network | Peer-to-peer network |
another name for microcomputer | Personal computer |
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