Networking

Question 1

The original name for the Internet when it was developed by the US Department of Defense.

Answer 1

ARPANET

Question 2

The rate of data transfer, a bit rate or throughput, measured in bits per second (bit/s), most often expressed in megabits per second. A typical WAN connection from a home or business can range anywhere from 5 Mbps to 25 Mbps. Within a LAN, speeds can exceed 1000 Mbps, or 1 Gbps.

Maximum capacity of the medium (wire, fiber, air) along which a signal can travel.

Answer 2

Bandwidth

Question 3

A network topology in which nodes are connected in a daisy chain.

Answer 3

Bus Topology

Question 4

The protocol uses to transfer files across networks.

Answer 4

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Question 5

A network ______ is a computer or other device connected to a computer network.

Answer 5

Host

Question 6

The standard markup language used to create web pages. It is written in the form of HTML elements consisting of tags enclosed in angle brackets (like

Answer 6

Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML)

Question 7

An application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. The foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web.

Answer 7

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

Question 8

A networking device that is the center of a star topology, where it is the center of the start and all devices connect to it, receiving network traffic from it.

Answer 8

Hub

Question 9

A global system of interconnected computer network that use the standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link several billion devices.

Answer 9

Internet

Question 10

A unique string of numbers, usually expressed in dotted decimal notation (such as 192.168.1.1), that identifies each computer using the Internet Protocol to communication over a network.

Answer 10

IP address

Question 11

A section of network, local to a room, house, building, small campus, or even a metropolitan area (MAN), connected by some LAN protocol, most commonly Ethernet, either view wired connections, fiber, or wireless.

Answer 11

Local Area Network (LAN)

Question 12

A media access control address is a unique identifier assigned to network devices for communication on the physical network segment, similar to a social security number that belongs to a person.

Answer 12

MAC Address

Question 13

A group of two or more computer systems linke together. There are many types including LANs, MANs, and WANs. The ultimate one is the Internet.

Answer 13

Network

Question 14

This is an email protocol for storing emails.

Answer 14

Post Office Protocol (POP)

Question 15

A network topology where all devices are connected in a circular fashion.

Answer 15

Ring Topology

Question 16

One of the most used routing protocols used in network routing configurations.

Answer 16

Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

Question 17

A networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks routing the process of forwarding data packets between computer networks.

Answer 17

Router

Question 18

An email protocol that enables the transfer of email messages across the network.

Answer 18

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTO)

Question 19

This is a common topology in networking where a central device, such as a switch or a hub, to which all of the network devices are connected.

Answer 19

Star Topology

Question 20

The arrangement of various elements (links, nodes, etc.) of a computer network.

Answer 20

Topology

Question 21

Reference (an address) to a resource on the INternet. There are two main components: For http://example.com Protocol identifier, which is http, and the resource name, which is example.com.

Answer 21

Uniform Resource Locater (URL)

Question 22

A computer network in which the computer connected may be far apart, separated by distances spanning half a mile to thousands of miles.

Answer 22

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Question 23

A system of Internet servers that support specially formatted documents. The documents are formatted in a markup language called HTML.

Answer 23

World Wide Wed (WWW)