Introduction to Computer Networks

1. It is the speed with which data is moved from one place on a network to another Data transfer rate
2. A network that connects a relatively small number of machines in a relatively
close geographical area - Local-area network (LAN)
3. Alternative to Transmission Control Protocol - User Datagram Protocol
4. What protocol in which software deals with the routing of packets through the
maze of interconnected networks to their final destination? Internet Protocol
5. A machine and its software that serve as a special gateway to a network,
protecting it from inappropriate access - Firewall
6. What is the very last section of the domain? top-level domain (TLD)
7. What is the equivalent domain name of the IP address: 69.171.230.68? facebook
8. A connection in which transfer speeds are faster than 128 bits per second broadband
9. This connection uses regular copper phone lines to transfer digital data to and
from the phone companys central office - digital subscriber line (DSL)
10. This is a set of high-speed networks that carry Internet traffic - Internet
backbone
Wide Area Network
1. Is a telecommunication network or computer ntwork that extends over a large
geographical distance -WAN
2. Is a computer network larger than a local area network, covering a area of a few
city blocks to the area of an entire city, posibly also including the surrounding areas.
- MAN
3.Basic method for sharing information across systems on a network. Packets are
transferred between a source interface and a distinct interface, usually on two
different systems. -Packet forwarding
4. methodology of implementing a telecommunication network in which two
network nodes establish a dedicated communication channel (circuit) through the
network. -circuit switching
5. Specifies how routes communicate with each other. -Routing protocol
6. Delivery of information to a group of destinations in a network identified by their
geographical locations.-Geocast
7. Process by which systems decide where to send a packet.- Routing

8. It is the sending of messages to a single network destination identified by a

unique address. -UNICAST
9. It is a group communication where information is addressed to a group of
destination computers simultaneously. -MULTICAST
10. It is a network addressing and routing methodology in which datagrams from a
single sender are routed to the topologically nearest node in a group of potential
receivers, though it may be sent to several nodes, all identified by the same
destination address -ANYCAST