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Chapter 1
Introduction to Networks
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Computer Networking
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07/26/2010

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A Network

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Two or more connected computers that can share resources.

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Local Area Network

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A _____ is usually restricted to spanning a particular geographic location like an office building, or a home office.

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Workgroups

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To make administration easier, LAN's can be split into smaller logical zones known as what?

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Workstations

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_______ are often seriously powerful computers that run more than one CPU and whose resources are available to other users on the network to access when needed.

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Network Operating System

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Servers run specialized software for the network's maintenance and control known as what?

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Peer-to-Peer

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What type of network is characterized by a lack of a dedicated server?

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n(n-1)/2

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What is the formula for determining the number of links in a mesh network.

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Star topology

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Which physical network topology can use a wireless access point as a connecting device.

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 Only that work station loses its ability to communicate

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In a physical-star topology, what happens when a workstation loses its physical connection to another device/

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Mesh

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Which type of topology has the greatest number of physical connections?

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VLAN

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What is a logical grouping of networks and resources connected to administratively defined ports on a switch?

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A client machine

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Any device on the network that can ask for access to resources from a workstation is called what?

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Distributed WAN

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An internetwork thats made up of a lot of interconnected computers located in a lot of different places is also known as what?

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Physical topology

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Defines the specific characteristics of a network, such as where all the workstations and other devices are located, and the precise arrangement of all the physical media, like cables.

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Logical topology

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Determines how data moves throughout a network.

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Fault Tolerance

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The capability of a computer or a network system to respond to a condition automatically, often resolving it, which reduces the impact on the system.

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Point-to-Multipoint Topology

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This topology consists of a sucession of connections between an interface on one router to multiple destination routers. One point of connection to multiple points of connection

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Point-to-point topology

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what type of network topology do you have a direct connection between two routers, giving you one communication path. The routers can either be linked by a serial cable, making it a physical network, or be far apart and only connected by a circuit within a frame relay network, making it a logical network.

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BUS

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Which LAN topology is characterized by all devices being daisy-chained together with the devices at each end being connected to only one other device.?

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