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connectivity devices that enable a workstation, server, printer, or other node to receive and transmit data over the network media.
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NIC's
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the circuit or signaling pathway, used by the motherboard to transmit data to the computers components.
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BUS
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openings with multiple electrical contacts, that allow devices such as NIC’s, modems or sound cards to connect to the computers expanded Bus.
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Expansion Slots
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a standard interface used to connect multiple types of peripherals, including modems, mice, audio players, and NIC’s
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USB-Universal serial bus
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a set of data or instructions that has been saved to a ROM chip. Combination of hardware and software
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Firmware
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software that enables an attached device to communicate with the computers operating system.
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Device Driver
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a number that uniquely identifies that component to the main bus. The means by which the bus understands which device to acknowledge.
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IRQ Number-interrupt request number
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a type of microchip that requires very little energy to operate. Stores settings pertaining to a computer’s devices, among other things.
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CMOS -Complementary metal oxide semiconductor
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indicates, in hexadecimal notation, the area of memory that the NIC and CPU use for exchanging, or buffering, data.
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Memory Range
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a connector that plugs into a port, such as a serial or parallel or an RJ-45 port, and crosses over the transmit line to the receive line so that outgoing signals can be redirected in to the computer for testing.
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Loop back plug
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are the simplest type of connectivity devices that regenerate a digital signal
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Repeater
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a repeater with more than one output port.
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Hub
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allows the hub to connect to another hub or other connectivity device
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Uplink Port
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are devices that connect two network segments by analyzing incoming frames and making decisions about where to direct them based on each frame’s MAC address.
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Bridges
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are connectivity devices that subdivide a network into smaller logical pieces, or segments.
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Switches
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is a combination of ports that make up a layer 2 segment.
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Broadcast Domain
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a router with multiple slots that can hold different interface cards or other devices.
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Modulator router
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is a multiport connectivity device that directs data between nodes on a network.
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Router
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automatically calculates the best path between two nodes and accumulates this information in a routing table.
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Dynamic Routing
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refers to the most efficient route from one node on a network to another.
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Best Path
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