key Words: Local Area Networks

A document that sets out rules that must be followed when a user is using a network.

• client

• client server network

• acceptable use policy

• ethernet

A computer linked to a network that requests data from a server.

• client server network

• Local Area Network

• MAC address

• client

A type of network managed by a server that takes requests from client computers.

• client server network

• Ethernet

• stand alone computer

• Network Interface Controller

A unique identifier for every device on a local area network.

• server

• MAC address

• switch

• topology

A network protocol used on LANs that is responsible for how bits are sent as electrical signals over cables.

• MAC address

• server

• Ethernet

• Wi-Fi

A network which covers a small geographical area like a building and has its own internal hardware like ethernet cables and switches.

• stand alone computer

• acceptable use policy

• Local Area Network

• Ethernet

Hardware needed to connect a stand alone computer to a local area network.

• peer to peer network

• stand alone computer

• switch

• Network Interface Controller

A local area network that does not have a server.

• stand alone computer

• topology

• peer to peer network

• transmission media

A computer that is dedicated to storing files centrally in a network and allowing client computers to access those files when requested.

• switch

• server

• virtual network

• stand alone computer

A single computer that is not connected to any network of any sort.

• switch

• stand alone

• wireless access point

• transmission media