What is telecommunication?
The act of transferring data and information at a far distance for communication is called telecommunication.
Write the technical terms of the following statements:
a. A group of interconnected computer.
- Computer network.
b. A computer on a network.
- Nodes.
c. The physical path through which data and information flow on the network.
- Transmission media.
d. The data handling capacity of communication system.
- Bandwidth.
e. The amount of data transmitted per second through the communication channel.
- Bandwidth.
f. A computer which provides resources to other computer on a network.
- Server.
g. A computer which uses the services on the network.
- Workstation/client.
h. An operation system of server computer.
- Novell net ware server.
i. A computer in a network that provides resources but doesn't allows client to use it as a workstation.
- Dedicated server.
j. A computer in a network that provides resources and allows client to use it as a workstation.
- Non dedicated server.
k. A computer which uses bounded media.
- Wired network.
l. Transmission media through data are transmitted in the form of light.
- Fiber optic cables.
m. A network that uses unbounded transmission media.
- Wireless network.
n. A network model having at least one server and multiple clients.
- Client/server network.
o. A network model where all nodes have equal right.
- Peer-to-peer network.
p. Network within a room.
- LAN
q. Network within a city or neighboring cities.
- MAN
r. A device that converts digital signal into analog and vice-versa.
- Modem
s. A card that connects a computer with a networking cable.
- NIC
t. Network spreaded over the world.
- WAN
u. The physical layout of cabling for connecting computers on a network.
- Network topology.
v. A network structure where all computers on a network are connected through a centrally located device.
- Star topology.
w. A set of rules that each computers on a network has to follow.
- Communication protocol.
x. A multi port repeater.
- Hub (active).
y. A network device that joins segments of a network.
- Hub/switch/bridge.
z. A network devices that regenerates or amplifies signals.
- Repeater.
aa. A network device that makes communication between two different protocols.
- Gateway.