Networks and the effects of using them (Part 1)

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What is a Network or Computer Network?

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Two or more electronic devices, connected together so that they can exchange data.

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Advantages of network:

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ease of communication between users, network administrator control and monitor all aspects, sharing devices, such as sharing a printer.

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what is the main functionality of Modem:

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Analogue signals from a telephone line to digital signals which can be read by the computer and vice versa.

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What hardware in computer systems provide network connectivity?

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NIC

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MODEM also is referred as: Modu - Demo, Modulator-Demodulation, Modulus -demodulator, Modulator Demodulator

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Modulator Demodulator

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Fastest Internet/Network connection: ADSL, fiber-optic, Dial-UP, TV Cable

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fiber-optic

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______ used to connect multiple computers to a single LAN network, using BROADCAST to send data.

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Hub

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Which network device has the capability to send the data packets to a specific port or a device within LAN?

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Switch

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Connects computers and other devices to form a LAN, and using MAC address to send the data packets to each other.

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Switch

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What is the main difference between switch and hub?

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Hub broadcasts all packets to all devices, switch uses a MAC address of the destination device.