Exam 9: Introduction to Metropolitan Area Networks and Wide Area Networks

____ routing involves storing all the routing information at one central location.

The major disadvantage of flooding is the large number of copied packets distributed throughout the network.

In a(n) ____________________ packet-switched network, all packets that belong to a logical connection can follow the same path through the network.

____________________ routing is a dynamic technique in which routing tables react to network fluctuations, such as congestion and node/link failure.

The ability to reroute in the event of a failure is called ____________________.

____ are advertised as networks with very low error rates and extremely high throughput.

____________________ routing is a technique that uses a routing algorithm to generate routing information and dictates that this information be stored at distributed locations within the network.

In a(n) ____________________ packet-switched network, each data packet can follow its own, possibly unique, course through the sub-network.

A(n) _________________________ is a collection of computers and computer-related equipment interconnected to perform a given function or functions and typically using local and long-distance telecommunications systems.

A wide area network's underlying sub-network consists of multiple nodes, each with multiple possible connections to other nodes within the sub-network.

A wide area network's sub-network, or cloud, may be categorized by the way it transfers information from one end of the sub-network to the other.

A(n) ____________________ network is a sub-network in which a dedicated circuit is established between sender and receiver, and all data passes over this circuit.

______________________________ protocol is a link state algorithm and is still used today by many Internet routers.

____ area networks can cover large geographic distances, including the entire Earth.

____ avoids congestion by requiring users to negotiate with the network regarding how much traffic they will be sending, or what resources the network must provide to satisfy the user's needs before the user sends any data.

To distinguish between a piece of data processed at the data link layer and a piece of data processed at the network layer, the term "____" is used at the data link layer, and the term "packet" is used at the network layer.

The type and number of interconnections between nodes and the way network data is passed from node to node are the responsibility of the ____.

A wide area network connects its workstations through the use of a ____ design and requires routing to transfer data across the network.

A(n) ____________________ is a device that a user interacts with to access a network, and it contains the software application that allows someone to use the network for a particular purpose.

A common example of a connection-oriented network application is DNS.