M3--Lesson 25: Networks

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Across
  1. 2. Wireless technology that can deliver max speeds of up to 7mbps to your cell phone, home computer, or a car.
  2. 3. Type of fiber-optic telephone line; provides phone service for a commercial building.
  3. 5. Internet connection technology that provides for the transfer of info over copper telephone lines.
  4. 6. Link from one computer to another through which data can be transmitted.
  5. 9. A server that acts as an intermediary between a user and the Internet.
  6. 14. Computer configuration in which one or more computers on the network acts as a server.
  7. 16. Communications hardware device that facilitates the transmission of data.
  8. 17. Computer architecture in which all of the computers on a network are equal; no computer designated as the server.
  9. 19. Computer network that covers a large geographical area.
  10. 20. Expert computer user that invades someone else's computer.
  11. 21. An ISP that provides connection speeds more than 30 times faster than dial-up connections.
  12. 23. Junction where information arrives and is then forwarded in one or more directions to other computers or devices.
  13. 25. Allows outside organizations to access internal info systems.
Down
  1. 1. Device that uses coaxial cable to send and receive data.
  2. 4. Variation of LAN that uses no physical wires.
  3. 7. High end programs designed to provide network control and include special functions for connecting computers.
  4. 8. Device on a network
  5. 10. Security measure that uses authentication that examines a fingerprint, voice pattern, etc. to gain access to a secure area.
  6. 11. Creates a buffer between an internal network and the internet.
  7. 12. The largest network used as a communication tool.
  8. 13. Designed for exclusive use of computer users within an organization.
  9. 14. Computer that uses the services of another program.
  10. 15. Computer that handles requests for data, email, file transfers, and other network services.
  11. 18. World's collection of interconnected commercial and government-owned voice-oriented systems.
  12. 22. A device that directs traffic on a network by dividing data into smaller packets that travel by different routes and then are reassembled at their destination.
  13. 24. Series of connected personal computers within a confined space, such as an office building.