Exam 4: Networks, Collaborative Technology, and the Internet of Things

Wal-Mart provides P&G access to sales information on every item Wal-Mart buys from P&G.The information is collected by P&G on a daily basis from every Wal-Mart store,and P&G uses the information to manage the inventory replenishment for Wal-Mart.This is an example of:

Network ________ are devices that transmit ________from their source to their destination based on IP addresses.

When Julie Smith wants to find information on the Internet,she uses the Google search engine.But when she wants to find a document or data set created by her company for internal purposes only,she logs into the company ________.

To reduce product development time,Caterpillar connected its engineering and manufacturing divisions with its active suppliers,distributors,overseas factories,and customers,through ________.

Network __________ is measured in terms of its throughput,or bandwidth

Files are broken down into blocks known as protocols in order to be transmitted over a network to their destination.

Bandwidth depends on the network _____________,which are the rules and standards that govern how devices on a network exchange data and talk to each other.

Extranets are used within a company for data access,sharing,and collaboration.They are portals or gateways that provide easy and inexpensive browsing and search capabilities.

A router acts as a controller,enabling networked devices to talk to each other efficiently.

In terms of network capacity,a pipeline analogy is often used.The larger the diameter of the pipe,the greater the throughput (volume)of water that flows through it and the faster water is being transferred through it.This analogy refers to a network's ___________.

Network traffic is shaped by delaying the flow of less important network traffic,such as bulk data transfers,P2P file-sharing programs,and BitTorrent traffic.

Yammer is an enterprise social network that helps employees collaborate across departments,locations,and business apps.

The City of Santander,Spain monitors many aspects of city life through the transmissions of _________ embedded throughout the city.

The two basic types of switching are circuit switching and __________ switching.

IPv6 addresses have 6 groups of alphanumeric characters,which allow for 2^106 addresses.

___________ is an umbrella term that applies to various location-aware technologies that allow devices to communicate securely with each other over short distances.It is used,for instance,to allow people to make purchases with their smartphones.

NFC are location-aware technologies that are less secure than other wireless technologies like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

IT developers use ________ to quickly and easily connect diverse data and services to each other and as gateways to popular apps such as Twitter,Facebook,and Amazon.

One strategy for regulating network use is to ___________ traffic which means data and apps that are time-delay sensitive are given priority on the network

How does a virtual private network (VPN)provide additional security over other types of networks?