Exam 11: Networks and Telecommunications

A WAN is a card that plugs into the back (or side) of your computers and lets them send and receive messages from other computers.

Topology includes peer-to-peer networks and client/server networks.

Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) is TCP/IP's own messaging system for email.

A network operating system (NOS) is the operating system that runs a network, steering information between computers and managing security and users.

What is TCP/IP's own messaging system for email?

What is a router?

A server is a computer designed to request information from a server.A server is a computer dedicated to providing information in response to requests.

What is a computer that is designed to request information from a server?

Network transmission media refers to the various types of media used to carry the signal between computers.

A protocol is the capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers.

Architecture includes Ethernet and transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP).

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) allows networked nodes to be managed from a single point.

List and describe the four components that differentiate networks.

What is transmission material manufactured so that signals will be confined to a narrow path and will behave predictably?

A wide area network (WAN) spans a large geographic area, such as a state, province, or country.WANs often connect multiple smaller networks, such as local area networks or metropolitan area networks.The world's most popular WAN is the Internet.A metropolitan area network (MAN) is a large computer network usually spanning a city.