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Peer-to-Peer Network - ANSWER✔✔ A network arrangement where each
computer is of equal status
Client-Server Network - ANSWER✔✔ A network where several computers are
connected to one or more servers
Node - ANSWER✔✔ What each device connected to a network is known as (i.e.
computer or game console)
Peripheral Devices - ANSWER✔✔ Used to expand the computer's input, output,
and storage capabilities.
Piggy-backing - ANSWER✔✔ using a network without the network owner's
permission
NOS (network operating system) - ANSWER✔✔ specialized piece of software
client/server networks' central server program
Service Set Identifier (SSID) - ANSWER✔✔ A network name that wireless
routers use to identify themselves.
Network Navigation Device - ANSWER✔✔ device on a network (i.e. router or
switch) that moves data signals around the network
,Network Components of a P2P Network - ANSWER✔✔ -Computer and/or tablets
+ the software running on the computers and
tablets
-Network interface card (inside each node)
-Printer
-Transmission media (wired or wireless internet)
connecting the nodes
-the radio waves that connect them all
Default Password - ANSWER✔✔ password that automatically comes with a
router, best to change as soon as possible
Firmware upgrades - ANSWER✔✔ Firmware is read-only memory software on
your router. As bugs and other viruses continue being developed, manufacturers of
the router come up with patches. It is important to update your firmware so that
you can keep your internet connection safe
Network Adapter - ANSWER✔✔ device that enables the node to communicate
with the network using a common data language or protocol
Network Interface Card (NIC) - ANSWER✔✔ Expansion card that enables a
computer to connect to other computers or a cable modem to facilitate a high-speed
Interface, Internet connection
, Broadband Modem - ANSWER✔✔ Broadband connection requires a modem,
which connects your network to the internet. The type of modem you
have depends on your own broadband service
Network - ANSWER✔✔ group of two or more nodes that are configured to share
information and resources such as printers, files, and databases
Client-Server Network Software - ANSWER✔✔ nodes do not communicate with
each other but instead through a centralized server called the NOS that handles
requests for information, internet access, and the use of peripheral nodes
P2P Network Software - ANSWER✔✔ nodes that support P2P networks
(Windows, Linux, & OS X) where they all communicate with each other
Packets - ANSWER✔✔ data that is sent in bundles through a network; for
computers to communicate, they must flow between the network and the nodes
Router - ANSWER✔✔ device that transfers packets of data between 2+ networks
(i.e. in a home network, your router connects your home network to the Internet)
Switch - ANSWER✔✔ device that transmitts data on a network; makes decisions
based on media access control of the data to where the data should be sent. Works
as a traffic signal on a network
Home Area Network (HAN) - ANSWER✔✔ P2P network that is a specific type of
LAN (HAN) that is located in the home that shares an internet connection
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