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17 Cards in this Set
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Benefits of a Home Network
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Share internet connection, share files, share peripherals
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Cable network benefits
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Fast, secure, and no interference
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Cable network drawbacks
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Poor mobility, expensive to set up, not easy to set up as lots of cables involved
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Wi-Fi benefits
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Good mobility, easy to set up, cheap to set up |
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Wi-Fi drawbacks
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Slower, less secure, more interference |
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Ways of securing a wireless network |
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Methods of combining technology |
Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HDMI, USB |
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Peer-to-Peer networks
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These networks allow users to connect wirelessly and directly to other devices without the need for a transmitter |
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Bandwidth
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The volume of data that can travel through a connection in a second, measured in BPS |
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Latency |
The time between a bit leaving one device and arriving at another |
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Benefits of Wi-Fi
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Good range and has speeds of up to 54 Mbps
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Drawbacks of Wi-Fi |
Must be in range of access point, and hackers can set up fake hotspots putting user's details at risk |
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Benefits of mobile broadband |
Greater coverage, more secure as data is ecnrypted |
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Drawbacks of mobile broadband
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Have to pay to use it, including roaming charges if used abroad, lower bandwidth |
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VOIP
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Set of rules for transmitting audio messages over the internet |
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HTTP
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Used in the WWW. Browser uses this to request files from the web server to display the web pages on a computer |
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HTTPS |
Method: 1. Browser |
