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What are the six major components in a simple network?

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  1. client and server computers
  2. networking operating systems (NOS)
  3. connection meduim
  4. hubs and swithces
  5. routers
  6. network interface (NICs)
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define a Software defined networking (SDN)

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functions of switches and routers manged by a centeral program

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Summary of networks in large companies

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  • Local area networks (LANs) are linked to firmwide corporat networks
  • various powerful servers (Webistes, corporate, intranet, extranet)
  • mobile wireless LANs (wifi networks)
  • video confrencing systems
  • telephone networks, wireless cell phones
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define broadband

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  • a high-speed transsmison technology
  • transmits channels of data
  • fiberoptics, wireless, cable
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what are the three digital netowrking technologys

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  1. client/server computing
  2. packet switching
  3. TCP/IP and connectivity
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client/server computing

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  • distrubuted computing model
  • clients linked through network **controled by network server computer **
  • sets rules of communication for network, every client has an adress to find on network
  • the interent is largest example
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packet switching

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method of slicing digital messages into parcels (packets)
- sending them along different channels of communcation
- more effciant use of networks communcation capacities

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TCP/IP and connectivity

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Transmission control/protocl/ internet
- common worldwide standard for the basis of the internet
- protocals: rules that govern transmission information between two points
- department of defence reference

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what are the four layers for TCP/IP

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  1. application layer
  2. transportation layer
  3. internet layer
  4. network interface layer
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what is a modem

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translates digital signals into analog from so t=computers can transmit data over analog networks such as telephone

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modem type / network meduim

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cable modem - cable
DSL model - telephone landline
wireless model - wireless network

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network types

distance + area

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Local area networks
campus area networks
wide media
metropolitan area networks
wide area net works

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network types

local area networks (LANs)

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ethernet / client server vs peer to peer
distance: 500 m
area: small office building

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network types

campus area networks (CANs)

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distance: 1000m
area: campus

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network types

metopolitan area networks (MANs)

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distance: a city
area: city

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network types

wide area networks (WANs)

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the internet
distance: regional, transcontenital, global
area: global

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What are the four transmission mediums

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  1. twisted pair wire
  2. coaxial cable
  3. fiber optic cable
  4. wireless transmission media
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twisted pair wire

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strands of copper wire twisted in pairs for voice and data communciatons
speed: CAT5 10mbps -100mbps
CAT6 up to 10 gbps

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coaxial cable

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thickly insulated copperwire which is capable of high speed data transmission and less sucjet to interfernece than twist wire
- used for cable tv and for netwoeks w longer runs

speed: up to 1gbps

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fiber optic cable

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strands of clear glass filter transmitting data as pulses of lights
- good for high speed transmission of large data
- more expensive
- used for last mintue delivery

speed: 15mbps to 6+ tbps

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wireless transmission media

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based on radio signals of various frequencies
- inclues terrestial and satellite microwave syetms
- used for long distance wireless communcations and internet access

speed: up to 600+ mbps

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define bandwidth

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information is sent in waves
- the difference between the highest and lowest frequencies that can be accomated on a single channel

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hertz

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  • a unit that measures the number of wave cycles ( or frequency) passing through a given point in a second

1 hertz = 1 cycle/sec

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transmission capacity

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the number of cycle that can be sent per unit of time

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bits per second
- total amount of digital infromation that can be trasnmitted through any telecommuncations medium per unit of time
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what are the 5 internet connections
1. dial up 2. digital subscriber line (DSL/FIOS) 3. cabale internet connections 4. sateliette 5. T1/T3 lines
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dial up
speed - 5.6 kbps meduim - telephones lines
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digital subscriber line (DSL/FIOS)
speed: 385 KBPS- 100+ MBPS medium- telephones
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Cable internet connections
speed: 20-250 mbps medium: radio waves
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satelliete
20-250 mbps medium- radio waves
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T1/T3 LINES
1.54 mbps/ 45mbps medium: digital cable coaxil
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internet adresssing and archetecture
- internet is based on TCP/IP networking protcal ip adress: - the adress of each of device - 32- bit number the domain name system (DNS) - converts IP adress to domain names
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truck lines
- high speed back bone networks, transcontential - owned by telephone companies or goverments - network service providers
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local connection lines
- regional telephones and cable TV companies - lease acess to IPS private companies and goverment insituations
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what are the six major internet services
1. email 2. chatting and instant messaging 3. newsgroups 4. telnet 5. file transfer protcol (FTP) 6. world wide web
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first 3 internet services
1. email - person to person messaging document sharing 2. chatting and instant messaging - interactive conversations 3. newsgroups - disccusion groups on electronic bulletin boards
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last 3 internet services
1. Telnet - logging on to one computer system and doing work on another 2. file transfer protcol (FTP) - transferrign files from computer to computer 3. world wide web - reterving formattings and displaying information
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internet services and communcation tools
voice over IP (VoIP) - digital voice communcation using IP packet switching unifed communcations - communcations systems that intergrate voice, data, email, conferencing virtual private netwok (VPN) - secure, encrypted, private network run over internet
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the web
- most propular internet service - system with unverisally accepted standards for storing, reteriving, formatting and displaying information by using a client/ server archetecture
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web servers
software for locating and manging web pages
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hypertext
embeddedlinks that connect documents and objects ( sounds, video, images)
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website
a collection of web pages linked to a homepage
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hyper text markup langauge (HTML)
formats and other objects stored in the same or remote computers
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hyper text transfer protcol (HTTP)
communcations standard that transfer pages on the web allows your browser to pull pages from the internt
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unfirm resoruce locator (URL)
tells the browser software exactly where to look for infromation
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searching for infomation on the web
search enginess, mobile search, semantic search and predective search, visual search, search engine optimization (SEO)
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blogs and microblogs
personal webiste that typically contains a series of chronlogical entries (newest to oldest) by its author - microblogging is short sentences
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RSS/ wikis
- really simple syndcation of riche site summary pulls specified content from websites
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celluar systems
competing digital celluar service standards - code divison multiple acess (CMDA) US only 3g,4g,5g - increase high speeds
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bluetooth
- links up to 8 devices in 10-m area low power, radio based communcation - useful for personal networking (PANs)
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WIFI
used for wireless LAN and wireless internet acces - use acces points device with radio/recveier transmitter fir coneecting wireless devices to a wire LAN
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hot spots
- One or more access points in public place to provide maxium wireless coverage for a specfic area - weak security features
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WiMax
- worldwide interoperability for microwave access - wireless access range of 31 miles
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RFID
radio frequency identifaction - uses short range wireless connectivity standard - used by tap-and-go services like apple pay
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wireless sensors netowrks (WSN)
- netowrks of hundereds or thousands of interconnected wireless evices - used to montioe building security and look for hazards in enviromental changes

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