Exam 4: Making Connections

In ____________________,the primary creates a packet of data with the address of the intended terminal and transmits the packet.

Some systems,for various reasons,allow only one side or the other to transmit at one time.This type of connection is an example of a ____ connection.

One of the latest interface standards is the RS-232 interface.

What are the three ways used to maintain synchronization in synchronous connections?

A start bit is always a 1.

The ____ component of an interface deals with items such as the connector or plug description.

____________________ is similar to InfiniBand in that it too is a serial,high-speed network that connects a computer to multiple input/output devices.

An EIA-232F interface is a full-duplex connection.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of an asynchronous connection?

____________________ connection provides guaranteed data transport at a predetermined rate.

The idea behind ____ is that the peripheral can simply be plugged in and turned on,and that the computer should dynamically recognize the device and establish the interface.

During the early years of computing,a terminal was called the ____.

A(n)____________________ connection is a single wire with the mainframe connected on one end and multiple terminals connected on the other end.

When using peripherals that are designed with a USB connector,it is also possible to connect one USB peripheral to another.

During the early years of computing,a mainframe computer was called the ____.

The ____________________ component of an interface describes the function of each pin that is used in a particular interface.

A direct connection between a terminal and a mainframe computer is a ____ connection.

A(n)____________________ is the signal that is transmitted over a wire and is related to a particular pin in a connector.

A(n)____________________ bit performs an error check on only the data bits.

The procedural component of USB is probably the most involved of the four components.