Communication and the Internet; Edexcel GCSE Computer Science

What am I? A network that covers a relatively small geographical area, often a single site.

• Local Area Network (LAN)

• Wireless local area network (WLAN)

• Wide Area Network

What am I? A local area network in which connected devices use high frequency radio waves to communicate.

• Local Area Network (LAN)

• Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)

• Wide Area Network (WAN)

What am I? A network that covers a large geographical area. It connects together two or more LANs and is usually under collective ownership

• Local Area Network (LAN)

• Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)

• Wide Area Network (WAN)

True or False: The Internet is the largest wide area network

• True

• False

What am I? A network that has at least one server to provide services to client computers

• Peer to Peer Network

• Client server network

• Wireless network

• Local area network

True or False: Peer to Peer Networks are only used to distribute and share files illegally.

• True

• False

What Network Topology is described here? ______________ consists of a single cable to which each networked device is connected. Messages are sent along the cable in the form of electronic signals. At each end of the cable is a terminator.

• A Ring network

• A Mesh network

• A Star Network

• A Bus network

What network topology is described here? ____________each network device is connected to a central hub. This central point will be either a hub or a switch. A central hub directs messages to the correct recipients.

• A Mesh Network

• A Star Network

• A Bus Network

• A Ring Network

This Network Topology could be used to describe The Internet.

• A Mesh Network

• A Ring Network

• A Star Network

• A Bus Network

A protocol can be defined as a set of rules that govern how communications on a network should be formatted and what data they should include

• True

• False