| A | B |
|---|
| Kind of cable/other medium used to connect various computers in a network | TRANSMISSION CARRIES |
| Each connection or communication channel over which a computer "talks" | LINK |
| uses radio transmission or microwave | WIRELESS |
| a computer's job to store and amake available programs for ther computers | FILE SERVER |
| used for connecting a network to a dissimilar network | ROUTER |
| a centrally located cabinet where wires connected to a multistation access unit or hub | WIRING CLOSET |
| cable that is simular to standard telephone wire | UNSHIELDED TWISTED-PAIR WIRE |
| what the network does to your printing to send it to a network printer | CAPTURE |
| a network of computers in the same building or campus | LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) |
| the identification by which a user is known on the network | USER NAME |
| where computers are attached to a single channel by a "drop" | BUS TOPOLOGY |
| a high-quality communication cable like that used for cable television | COAXIAL CABLE |
| where one or more computers act as host system or file servers and are attached to each other through an endless looping ring | RING TOPOLOGY |
| the network equivalent of a file cabinet | VOLUMES |
| a network whose computers are spread apart geographically | WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN) |
| the kind of cable that can carry more data farther than any other | FIBER-OPTIC CABLE |
| a ptotocol under which one packet containing data passes around a ring | TOKEN RING |
| used for connecting simular networks | BRIDGE |
| each computer in a local area network | NODE |
| a protocol that is likehaving a one-lane road connecting all of the business in a city | CONTENTION STANDARD |
| a group of computers that are connected together | NETWORK |
| networking in which each computer can be accessed by others and are equal | PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING |
| the network equivalent of a file drawer | DIRECTORIES |
| the process of making any network directory look like a disk drive to the user's computer | MAPPING |
| a program where the server selects the data before sending it to the user's computer | CLIENT-SERVER |
| an application for sending massages among computer users on a network | ELECTRONIC MAIL |
| standards that define how electrontc messages are handled on the transmission medium | TRANSMISSION STANDARDS |
