Networking Vocab

The amount of data that can be transferred over a network in a certain amount of time.

• Bandwidth

• Node

• FTP

• NOS

A computer, peripheral or other device connected to a network.

• Switch

• Router

• LAN

• Node

A cable made up of glass fibers that transmit data extremely fast.

• Coaxial

• Fiber optic

• Ethernet

• Cat-6

Device that transfers packets of data between two or more networks.

• Router

• Switch

• Firewall

• Node

Allows for transfer of data between devices over short distances through radio waves.

• NOS

• Router

• Bluetooth

• Switch

A device that acts like a traffic signal on a network.

• Node

• FTP

• Wireless Adapter

• Switch

Cable made up of a single copper wire used for cable TV.

• Ethernet

• Fiber optic

• Coaxial

• Cat-5

A network in which the nodes are located within a small geographic area.

• MAN

• NOS

• WAN

• LAN

A network that uses ethernet protocol as the means to which devices communicate on the network.

• LAN

• Ethernet

• WAN

• MAN

A network that consists of client computers that connect to a server.

• client/server

• LAN

• peer-to-peer

• WAN