Exam 23: The Internet

Describe the two most common forms of DSL.

What is the Internet?

Contemporary external modems connect to the computer through an available ______________ port.

What is a terminal adapter (TA)?

Many computers can share a smaller pool of routable IP addresses with _______________.

What port numbers are used by FTP?

How is phone line speed measured and what is the fastest rate a phone line can achieve?

What is the bandwidth of channels in an ISDN service?

How are FTTN connections implemented?

What was the key reason for interweaving the backbones of the Internet servers?

POP3 is an abbreviation for ______________.

What type of signal does a computer use to communicate?

Briefly describe universal plug and play (UPnP).

Like Microsoft and SMB, Apple developed the ______________ in the late 1980s to support file sharing between Macintosh computers on early LANs.

What allows you to give anyone control of your desktop through an e-mail invitation?

What allows you to make voice calls over a computer network?

Satellite connections to the Internet get the data beamed to a(n) ______________ on a house or an office.

The ______________ protocol is Windows' network file and print sharing protocol.

Modems enable computers to talk to each other via standard commercial ______________ lines by converting analog signals to digital signals, and vice versa.

Which tool transfers data via analog signals?