Exam 7: Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology

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Instant messaging is a type of ________ service.

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Local connection lines are owned by regional ________ that connect retail users in homes and businesses to the Internet.

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Describe the current trends and movements in Internet technology and content.

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In a bus network

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A peer-to-peer network treats all processors equally and is used primarily in small networks with 10 or fewer users.

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________ attempt to solve the problem of finding useful information on the Web nearly instantly and,arguably,they are the "killer app" of the Internet era.

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The range of frequencies that can be accommodated on a particular telecommunications channel is called its bandwidth.

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RFID has been exceptionally popular because of its low implementation costs.

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What technology allows people to have content pulled from Web sites and fed automatically to their computers?

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The method of slicing digital messages into parcels,transmitting them along different communication paths,and reassembling them at their destinations is called

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________ technologies operate over existing telephone lines to carry voice,data,and video at transmission rates ranging from 385 Kbps all the way up to 9 Mbps.

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The success of the Internet is in part due to its design as an infinitely scalable network capable of handling millions of users.

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T lines

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Proponents of ________ also argue that a neutral Internet encourages everyone to innovate without permission from the phone and cable companies or other authorities,and this level playing field has spawned countless new businesses.

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You have been hired by a tax preparation firm to set up a network connecting several new branches in a metropolitan area.What type of network hardware and transmission media will you choose and why?

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Which generation of network are wireless cellular phone systems entering?

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Which organization helps define the overall structure of the Internet?

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The most common ethernet topology is

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________ is the dominant LAN standard at the physical network level.

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A protocol is a standard set of rules and procedures for the control of communications in a network.

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