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18 Cards in this Set
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Bus topology
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Configuration in which all devices are conncted to and share a master cable, referred to as the "bus" or "Backbone"
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Client/Server network
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computer configuration in which one or more computers on the networks act as a server
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Clients
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A computer that uses the services of another program
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Communications Channel
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Type of link thorugh which data can be transmitted from one computer to another.
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Data communications
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The technology that enables computer to communicate between each other
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Ethernet
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LAN protocol that is based on the bus topology, but can work with the star topology as well
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Local area network (LAN)
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a series of connected personal computers, workstations, and other devices such as pers or scanners with a confined space such as an office building
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Modem
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communications hardware device that facilitates the transmissions of data
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Network
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Connects one computer to other computers and peripheral devices
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Peer-to-peer
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Computer acrchitecture in which all of the computes on a network are equal, and ther is no computer designated as the server
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Ring topology
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computer configuration in which the devices are connected in a cricle, and each computer within the cirlce is connected to an adjoing device on either side
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Server
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a computer that handles requests for data, e-mail, file transfers, and other network services from other computers (clients)
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Star topology
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computer configuration in which all of the devices are conneceted to a central hub or computer
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TCP/IP
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The acronym for Transmisson Control protocal/internet protocol, which is the protocol used by both LANs and WANs that has been adopted as a standar to connect hosts on the internet
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Token Ring
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widely used LAN protocol in which all of the computers are arranged in a cirlce and they communicate by passing adn actching a specail signal, called a token
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Topology
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The way or geometric arrangement of how the network is set up and connceted. Examples of topology are ring, star, or bus.
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Transmission media
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the physical or wireless system used to move data form one location to another. examples of transmission media are twisted pair wire, coaxial cable, or fiber optic cable
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Wide area Network (WAD)
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a computer network that covers a large geographical area. Most WANS are made up of several conncetsed LANS
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