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| Question | Answer |
| IP ADDRESS | A UNIQUE NUMBER ASSIGNED TO EVERY COMPUTER OR DEVICE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET |
| MAC ADDRESS | A UNIQUE NUMBER PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED TO EVERY PHYSICAL INTERFACE ON A COMPUTER NETWORK |
| MPEG | FAMILY OF FILE STANDARDS USED TO STORE COMPRESSED VIDEO |
| FILE FORMAT DESIGNED FOR CROSS-PLATFORM DOCUMENT CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION | |
| PACKET | FORMATTED UNIT OF DATA SENT ACROSS NETWORKS |
| RING | TOPOLOGY IN WHICH MESSAGE TRAVEL IN ONE DIRECTION THROUGH A CHAIN OF COMPUTERS |
| INTERNET | TO CONNECT ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB |
| STAR | TOPOLOGY THAT FEATURES A CENTRAL CONNECTION POINT CALLED A "HUB" |
| MODEM | DEVICE WHICH CONVERTS BETWEEN DIGITAL AND ANALOGUE SIGNALS E.G. TELEPHONES |
| ROUTER | CONNECTS MULTIPLE NETOWRK DEVICE IN ONE SEGMENT |
| NETWORK INTERFACE CARD | A CIRCUIT BOARD INSTALLED INTO A COMPUTER TO ALLOW IT TO CONNECT TO NETWORKS |
| PROTOCOL | SET OF RULES FOR COMPUTERS TO CONNECT TOGETHER TO SHARE DATA |
| ROUTER | FORWARDS PACKET ALONG NETWORKS |
| SERVER | DEVICE THAT CONNECTS MULTIPLE NETWORKS TOGETHER IN MULTIPLE SEGMENTS |
| SWITCH | DATA PACKETS FORWARDING TO APPROPRIATE PARTS OF A COMPUTER NETWORK |
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