Y3: Networks

What is a computer network?

• One device by itself.

• A group or system of connected devices (wired, wireless or both).

• Only wireless devices linked together.

• Only wired devices linked together.

What is connected to the school's network?

• Computers only.

• Primters and computers.

• Most electronic devices in school.

• Photocopiers and printers.

If you use a wire to connect to the internet, your connection is...

• wireless

• invisible

• floating

• wired

When you use Wi-Fi, your internet connection is...

• wireless

• transmitted through sound waves

• connected with a cable

• made of string

What is a router?

• A map of inside your computer.

• A machine that charges your devices.

• A device that provides internet access to a network.

• Something that only uses wi-fi.

What is the role of the server?

• To connect to the internet.

• To provide power to all devices.

• To store and send information to other devices.

• To protect computers from viruses.

What is 'the cloud'?

• Data and files that are stored and accessed on servers via the internet.

• Data that is stored on an external hard drive.

• Data that is tored ina folder, in the school office.

• Data that is stored in the sky.

Packet data is when...

• data is saved on a USB drive.

• data is stored on a computer's hard drive.

• data is broken into smaller parts for transmission over a network and then reassembled.

• data is typed into a document.

Why do computers break big files into packets?

• To make them disappear.

• to confuse the network.

• to make them clearer.

• to make them easier and faster to send.