Computer Networks: Crash Course #28

The time it takes for a message to transfer is known as:

• latency

• sneakernet

• laziness

• speed

The first computer networks appeared in the ______ and ______.

• 1940's

• 1950's

• 1960's

• 1970's

Someone walking a pile of punch cards, or a reel of magnetic tape to a computer on the other side of a building is called:

• sneakernet

• getting your steps in

• moonwalk

• tiring

Small networks of close-by computers are called:

• Local Area Networks

• Network Attached Storage

• sharing resources

• Computer to Computer

Which type of network can be as small as two machines in the same room, or as large as a university campus.

• LAN

• MAN

• WAN

• CAN

The most famous and successful LAN technology developed in the 1970''s was:

• Ethernet

• Sneakernet

• Netty The RJ45 Cable

• Twisted Pair

MAC Address stands for:

• Media Access Control

• Medium Apple Crisp

• Media Accelerator Cable

• Media Access Chip

What does CSMA stand for?

• Carrier Sense Multiple Access

• Carrier Sonic Multiple Access

• Control Sensor Multiple Access

• Carrier Sense Mapping Access

The rate at which a carrier can transmit data is called:

• bandwidth

• speed

• gigahertz

• UPS

What technology is implemented to help with collisions on a network?

• Exponential Backoff

• Boolean Backup Law

• TCP

• Montreal Expos Theory