voc_u3_rev

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Router

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Switch

Question 3

To plan something in detail.

Answer 3

To map something out

Question 4

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

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To configure

Question 5

Network configuration where device connections create a circular data path.

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Ring topology

Question 6

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

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Mesh topology

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Hub

Question 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.

Answer 8

Backbone

Question 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.

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Bandwidth

Question 10

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

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Bottleneck

Question 11

When two or more things come together.

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Convergence

Question 12

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

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To pledge

Question 13

Special permission not to do or pay something.

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Exemption (from)

Question 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.

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Colocation facilities

Question 15

Used by large organizations for bulk data processing.

Answer 15

Mainframe

Question 16

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

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Single point of failure

Question 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)

Answer 17

Redundancy

Question 18

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

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Resilience

Question 19

A very high amount usually before a fall.

Answer 19

Spike

Question 20

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

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Downtime

Question 21

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

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Provider

Question 22

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

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To render

Question 23

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

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Heavily trafficked

Question 24

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

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Outage

Question 25

To sent information from one computer network to another.

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To route

Question 26

Someone who is selling something.

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Vendor

Question 27

The fact that someone is legally responsible for something.

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Liability

Question 28

The income that a company receives regularly.

Answer 28

Revenues

Question 29

A method of sorting and indexing data for databases.

Answer 29

Hashing

Question 30

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

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Rollback

Question 31

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

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To unpack

Question 32

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

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Delimiter

Question 33

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

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Data center

Question 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)

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Port

Question 35

This 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.

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Concurrency control

Question 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.

Answer 36

Overload

Question 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.

Answer 37

Disaster recovery