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51 Cards in this Set
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Network
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A group of two or more computers connected so they can communicate with one another.
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Node
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Any entity on a network that can be managed, such as a system, repeater, router, gateway, switch or firewall. A computer or other addressable device attached to a network; a host.
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Client
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An individual computer connected to a network. Also, a system or application(such as a web browser or user agent) that requests a service from another computer(the server) and is used to access files or documents.
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Server
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A computer in a network that manages the network resources and provides, or serves
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Local area network(LAN)
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A group of computers connected within a confined geographic area
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Wide area network(WAN)
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A group of computers connected over an expansive geographic area so their users can share files and services.
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Internet
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A worldwide network or interconnected networks.
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Advanced research projects agency(ARPA)
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A U.S department of defense agency that created the first global computer network.
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Advanced research projects agency network(ARPANET)
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A computer network, funded by ARPA, that served as the basis for early networking research and was the backbone during the development of the internet.
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National science foundation(NSF)
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An independant agency of the U.S government that promotes the advancement of science and engineering.
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Backbone
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The highest level in the computer network hierarchy, to which smaller networks typically connect.
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Gateway
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A node on a network that serves as a portal to other networks.
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World Wide Web(WWW)
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A set of software programs that enables users to access resources on the internet via hypertext documents.
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Hypertext Link
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Highlighted or underlined text in a web page that, when clicked, links the user to another location or web page.
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Web page
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A HTML document containing one or more elements that can be linked to or from another HTML pages.
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Web Site
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A World Wide Web server and its contents; includes multiple web pages.
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Web browser
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A software application that enables users to access and veiw web pages on the internet.
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Transmission Control Protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP)
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A suite of protocols that turns data into blocks of information called packets, which are then sent across the internet. The standard protocol used by the internet.
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Packet
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Data processed by protocols so it can be sent across a network.
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Router
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A device that routes packets between network based on network-layer addresses; determines the best path across a network. Also used to connect seperate LANs to form a WAN
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Internet service provider(ISP)
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An organization that maintains gateway to the internet and rents access to customers on a preuse or subscription basis.
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Modem
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An analog device that enables computers to communicate over telephone lines by translating data into audio-analog signals and then back into digital form.
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Integrated Services digital network(ISDN)
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A communication standard for sending voice, video or data over digital telephone lines.
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Bandwidth
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The amount of information, sometimes called traffic that can be carried on a network at one time.
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network interference card(NIC)
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A circut board within a computers central processing unit that serves as the interference enabling the computer to connect to a network.
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wireless access point(AP)
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A device that enables wireless systems to communicate with eachother provided that they are on the same network.
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standard
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A definition of format that has been approved by a recognized standards organization.
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Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
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A high-speed direct internet connections that uses all digital networks.
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DSL
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Collectively, the variations of DSL which include ADSL RADSL HDSL
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4g
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Wireless phone network capable of delivering high-speed broadband internet access to mobile devices.
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4g mobile hotspot
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A device that connects a wireless local area network to a wireless phone network to broadband speeds.
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internet protocol
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The data transmission standard for the internet. every computer connected to the internet has its own ip address, which enables a packet of data to be delivered to a specific computer
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Point to point protocol
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Protocol that allows the computer to connect to the internet over a phone line
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Point to point protocol over ethernet
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A protocol that implements PPP on top of the ethernet architecture to connect an entire network,
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Hypertext transfer protocol
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protocol for transferring HTML documents
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file transfer protocol
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an internet protocol used to transfer files between computers
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Simple mail transfer protocol
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the internet standard protocol for transferring e-mails
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post office protocol
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that resides on an incoming mail server
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Internet message access protocol
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a protocol that resides on an incoming mail server
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Usenet
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A collection of thousands of internet computers, news groups.
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newsgroup
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on usenet a subject or other topical interest group whose members exchange and share ideas
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Network news transfer protocol
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the internet protocol used by news servers that enables the exchange of newsgroup articles.
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Domain system name
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system that maps uniquely hierarchical names to specific internet addresses
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domain name
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IP address represented in words
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host
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computer that other computers can use to gain information.
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fully qualified domain name
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complete domain name
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root level server
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highest level server
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top level domain
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common topic groups are arranged to.
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domain name server
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server that resolves domain names into IP addresses.
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virtual domain
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hosting service that allows a company to host on third party ISP server
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shared domain
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hosting service that allows multiple entities to share portions of the same domain name.
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