This document provides an overview and list of key terms related to data communication and computer networks. It defines common network components like Ethernet cables, routers, hubs, network interface cards, servers, and different types of area networks. It also defines related concepts like protocols, ASCII, full-duplex and half-duplex transmission, jitter, and the functions of clients, servers, and senders and receivers in a network.
This document provides an overview and list of key terms related to data communication and computer networks. It defines common network components like Ethernet cables, routers, hubs, network interface cards, servers, and different types of area networks. It also defines related concepts like protocols, ASCII, full-duplex and half-duplex transmission, jitter, and the functions of clients, servers, and senders and receivers in a network.
This document provides an overview and list of key terms related to data communication and computer networks. It defines common network components like Ethernet cables, routers, hubs, network interface cards, servers, and different types of area networks. It also defines related concepts like protocols, ASCII, full-duplex and half-duplex transmission, jitter, and the functions of clients, servers, and senders and receivers in a network.
NetworkList of TermsEthernet CableRouterHubOperating
SystemNetwork Interface CardServerWANMANLANCANPANJitterFull-duplexHalf- duplexSimplexProtocolASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange.The rules or process that specify what is communicated and how it is communicated; acts like a translatorSender transmits the data; the other device acts as a receiver onlyEach device can transmit and receive the information, but not at the same timeThe sender and receiver devices can transmit and receive the information, simultaneouslyThe variance in the arrival time of the data packets in milliseconds (ms) over a communication networkPersonal Area NetworkCampus Area NetworkLocal Area NetworkMetropolitan Area NetworkWide Area NetworkEnables users to access all network resourcesElectronic device (card), which allows a connection to the networkSoftware needed on client and server computers to communicate over the networkHardware device that splits the network connection and distributes it to multiple computersHardware device used to share a single internet connection to multiple computersNetwork cable used to connect different devices to the internet206