MIS (Chapter B5-Networks and Telecommunications)

Chapter B5 Networks and Telecommunications

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Telecommunication Systems
Enable the transmission of data over public or private networks
Network
A communications, data exchange, and resource-sharing system created by linking two or more computers and establishing standards, or protocols, so that they can work together
Local Area Netwrok (LAN)
Designed to connect a group of computers in close proximity to each other
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Spans a large geographic area
Metropolitan Area Network
A large computer network usually spanning a city
Primary Types of Architecture Networks
-Peer-to-Peer (P2P)-Client/Server
Peer-to-Peer Network
Any network without a central file server and in which all computers in the network have access to the public files located on all other workstations
Client
A computer that is designed to request information from a server
Client/Server Network
A model for applications in which the bulk of the back-end processing, such as performing a physical search of a database, takes place on a server, while the front-end processing, which involves communicating with the users, is handled by the clients
Network Operating System (NOS)
The operating system that runs a network, steering information between computers and managing security and users
Packet-Switching
Occurs when the sending computer divides a message into a number of efficiently sized units called packets, each of which contains the address of the destination computer
Router
An intelligent connecting device that examines each packet of data it receives and then decides which way to send it onward toward its destination
Types of Topology Networks
-Bus-Star-Ring-Hybrid-Wireless
Types of Protocol Networks
-Ethernet-Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Types of Media Networks
-Coaxial-Twisted-Pair-Fiber-Optic