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Question 1

Router

Answer 1

A hardware device designed to receive, analyze and move incoming packets to another network.

Question 2

Switch

Answer 2

A hardware device that filters and forwards network packets, but is often not capable of much more.

Question 3

To map something out

Answer 3

To plan something in detail.

Question 4

To configure

Answer 4

To arrange something or change the controls on a computer or other device so that it can be used in a particular way.

Question 5

Ring topology

Answer 5

Network configuration where device connections create a circular data path.

Question 6

Mesh topology

Answer 6

Network setup where each computer and network device is interconnected with one another. (often used for wireless networks)

Question 7

Hub

Answer 7

Most basic networking device that connects multiple computers or other network devices together.

Question 8

Backbone

Answer 8

Portion of a computer network that is capable of carrying the majority of traffic on the network at high speeds. It often connects large networks or companies together.

Question 9

Bandwidth

Answer 9

When referring to a data connection, this is the total maximum transfer rate of a network cable or device. The more a computer has, the faster it can send and receive information.

Question 10

Bottleneck

Answer 10

The situation that occurs when too much data enters one source and causes a computer or network to slow down or become unresponsive.

Question 11

Convergence

Answer 11

When two or more things come together.

Question 12

To pledge

Answer 12

Make a serious or formal promise to give or do something.

Question 13

Exemption (from)

Answer 13

Special permission not to do or pay something.

Question 14

Colocation facilities

Answer 14

A type of data center where equipment, space and bandwidth are available for rental to retail customers. They provide space, power, cooling, storage and physical security for the storage and server equipment of other firms.

Question 15

Mainframe

Answer 15

Used by large organizations for bulk data processing.

Question 16

Single point of failure

Answer 16

Part of a system that, if it fails, will stop the entire system from working.

Question 17

Redundancy

Answer 17

The state of being no longer needed or useful. (BrE: the state of being no longer in employment because there is no work available)

Question 18

Resilience

Answer 18

The quality of being able to return quickly to a previous good condition after problems.

Question 19

Spike

Answer 19

A very high amount usually before a fall.

Question 20

Downtime

Answer 20

The time during which a machine, especially a computer, is not working or is not able to be used.

Question 21

Provider

Answer 21

A company or organization that sells a particular type of product or service.

Question 22

To render

Answer 22

To cause someone or something to be in a particular state.

Question 23

Heavily trafficked

Answer 23

To have a lot of visitors, which may cause a lag.

Question 24

Outage

Answer 24

A period when a service, such as electricity, is not available.

Question 25

To route

Answer 25

To sent information from one computer network to another.

Question 26

Vendor

Answer 26

Someone who is selling something.

Question 27

Liability

Answer 27

The fact that someone is legally responsible for something.

Question 28

Revenues

Answer 28

The income that a company receives regularly.

Question 29

Hashing

Answer 29

A method of sorting and indexing data for databases.

Question 30

Rollback

Answer 30

The process of returning a computer back to a state when it was working properly.

Question 31

To unpack

Answer 31

To restore compressed data to its original state. The way in which database programs mark entries for deletion.

Question 32

Delimiter

Answer 32

One or more characters that separate text strings, such as commas, semicolon, quotes, braces, pipes or slashes.

Question 33

Data center

Answer 33

Facility used to store computers, servers, routers, switches and other networking equipment in a single location – often stored in racks.

Question 34

Port

Answer 34

A hole or connection found on the front or back of a computer. This allows computer to access external devices (hardware port/peripheral hole)

Question 35

Concurrency

Answer 35

Concurrency control helps make sure each transaction on the database takes place in a particular order rather than at the same time. This keeps the transactions from working at the same time, which could cause data to become incorrect or corrupt the database.

Question 36

Overload

Answer 36

A term used to describe when a device or service exceeds its recommended limits. For example, a popular network may become overloaded with users or the power supply may become overloaded when a surge occurs.

Question 37

Disaster recovery

Answer 37

A company’s set of rules and tools to ensure the recovery of data and continuation of business after a human-caused or natural disaster.