Exam 10: Tech Guide B: The Details of Networking

In web terminology, the address of a web page is referred to as its:

_____ cable, which transmits cable television signals into your home, is also widely used in networks.

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of a client/server network?

An advantage of using BitTorrent protocol over FTP is it allows:

_____ cable is the newest medium and consists of glass strands that can transmit a large number of signals at extremely high speeds.

Which type of server handles high-speed processing?

_____, a computer scientist, developed the Web in 1989, at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland

An email address consists of two parts: the user name and the _____ address.

The network connection divides the message into smaller digital units called _____ each of which contains a specific number of bytes.

Bluetooth is a form of _____ area network.

_____ are high-frequency radio transmissions that can be sent between two Earth stations or between Earth stations and communications satellites.

Postal mail is often referred to as _____ mail.

Which type of server provides both software and data files to users?

Data rate is measured in:

When each computer in the network is on the same level as other computers and each computer is equally responsible for overseeing the functions of the network it is a(n) _____ network.

Because most telephone and cable systems are analog, _____ convert digital signals from the computer into analog signals for transmission over the communications link.

A _____ provides the physical connection between a computer and a local network.

How many characters long can an SMS message be?

A (An) __________ provides the physical connection between a computer and a local network.

_____ switching is the key enabling technology that makes it possible to build large-scale, survivable networks like the Internet.