1.What’s the meaning of LAN?
The meaning is Local Area Network
2.What does networking allow?
Networking allows two or more computer systems to exchange information and share resources and peripherals.
3.Define: Peer to Peer
Means that two teams have the same capabilities
4. Client Server ?
Means that a computer acts as the server that contains the main hard drive and control workstations and other nodes
4.What’s the protocol for LAN?
The Ethernet protocol is one of the most common local area network.
6. What’s a router?
A device that sends data packets
5.What’s the meaning of WI FI?
Its meaning is Wireless Fidelity
6.What’s a WLAN?
It is a technology where cables or wires are replaced by radio waves.
7.What are “hotspots”?
WLANs are available for public use
8.What is “Topology”?
Refers to the form of a network
9.Name and describe the 3 types of topologies.?
Star: a central device that all workstations are directly connected.
Bus: each workstation is connected to a main cable called a bus.
Ring: workstations are connected together in a closed circuit configuration.
10.What’s the meaning of WAN?
It's wide area networks
11.How are WANs usually linked?
It is connected through telephone lines, fiber optic cables or satellites.
12.What’s the name of the main transmission within a wan?
The main WAN transmission lines are called high-speed backbone.
13.What’s the most famous WAN?
The largest WAN in existence is the Internet
