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| What is used to uniquely identify a host on a TCP/IP network. |
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| What type of communication is sent to a single designated host? |
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| A group of computers confined to a small geographic area, usually one building. |
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| Connects each of the networked computers, known as hosts, to one another by way of copper-based cables. |
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| The data is sent to every host on the network. |
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| Used to centralize data and share it with other computers on the network. |
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| a set of rules that govern the Transmission of data between network adapters and various central connecting devices. |
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| Describes the situation in which information is sent to one host only. |
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| A group of four numbers that define what IP network the computer is a member of. |
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| Wireless Access Point (WAP) |
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| acts as the central connecting device for the network. |
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| The physical connections of hosts in a computer network. |
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| When this topology is used, each computer is individually wired to a central connecting device with twisted-pair cabling. |
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| Every computer connects to every other computer; no central connecting device is needed. |
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| Used for both client-server and peer to peer networks and means that every device or workstation has its own processing power. |
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| A architecture that distributes applications between servers such as Windows Server 2008 and client computers such as Windows 7. |
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