Exam 4: Making Connections

To take advantage of the higher-speed interface of SCSI,you need to install a SCSI adapter in your computer.

____________________ is an interface standard for connecting a computer or terminal (or DTE)to a voice-grade modem (or DCE)for use on analog public telecommunications systems.

The connection to a peripheral is often called the ____.

Rather than being a single shared bus,InfiniBand is a network of high-speed links and switches.

An asynchronous connection is the most complex example of a data link protocol.

The process of providing all the proper interconnections between a computer and a peripheral is called ____________________.

You can connect up to ____ different SCSI devices to one SCSI adapter.

____________________ is a digital interface that uses a standardized connector (plug)for all serial and parallel type devices.

____ is a technique for interfacing a computer to high-speed devices such as hard disk drives,tape drives,CDs,and DVDs.

A(n)____ is simply a high-speed connection to which multiple devices can attach.

Mainframe computers use polling to send or collect data with workstations. How does polling work,and what other more recently created protocols use polling?

At the end of the data character,one or two ____ bits are added to signal the end of the frame.

The technique of connecting a device to each subsequent device (instead of back to the computer)is known as ____________________.

What are the standards that conform the EIA-232F interface standard?

In modem interfacing terminology,the modem is referred to as the ____.

An interface standard can consist of four parts,or components,all of which reside at the ____ layer.