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Flashcards by Nicole Byham, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Nicole Byham
about 2 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| LAN | stands for local area network, a network in a small area or single organisation |
| WAN | stands for wide area network , spans over a wide area or many organisations |
| STAR TOPOLOGY | a star shaped network which connects many computers, there are no collisions and have low chance of failure however are expensive and depend on a switch |
| RING TOPOLOGY | a ring shaped network which connects many computers, there are no collisions and are cheep to install however have a high chance of catastrophic failure and are difficult to expand |
| BUS TOPOLOGY | a strait line of computers which connects many computers, cheep to install but have a high chance of collision, catastrophic failure and it gets slower as it gets bigger |
| IP ADDRESS | a unique address assigned to every computer on a network . they are used to identify it . the smallest possible IP address in the world is 0.0.0.o and largest is 255.255.255.255 |
| network advantages | you can share files, logins and resources between many devices . |
| network disadvantages | they are expensive, have many problems and come with risks of viruses and cable damage . They are hard to set up and are easy to hack |
| what is this ? | Ring topology |
| what is this ? | Bus topology |
| WHAT IS THE SHORT VERSION OF LOCAL AREA NETWORK | LAN |
| WHAT IS THE SHORT VERSION OF WIDE AREA NETWORK | WAN |
| WHAT IS A TOPOLOGY | A TYPE OF NETWORK |
| WHY IS IT NOT THE BEST IDEA TO USE A BUS TOPOLOGY | because they have less advantages and more disadvantages than other topology's |
| WHAT TYPE OF TOPOLOGY IS THE INTERNET | the internet is a mesh of computers |
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