Networking Basics Terms

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Across
  1. 3. Any type of local area network (LAN) in which the nodes (computers or computing devices, often portable devices) are not connected by wires but use radio waves to transmit data between them.
  2. 5. A global wide area network that is formed from the interconnection of many other networks and that uses the TCP/IP protocol.
  3. 9. A system in which some computers (the clients), request services provided by other computers, the servers.
Down
  1. 1. A network that has no dedicated servers. All computers are of equal status and can both share resources themselves and use resources from other computers, ie they are peers.
  2. 2. Computers generally linked over a small area, Business will have control over the medium used to connect the machines , LAN's are secure ,LAN's can share hardware as well as software & data
  3. 4. A computer that provides shared resources to network users.
  4. 6. A device that receives packets or from one host (computer) or router and uses the destination IP address that they contain to pass them correctly formatted, to another host (computer) or router.
  5. 7. Computers generally linked over a wide area, Business will not own the medium used to connect the machines e.g. telephone system , Files are not very secure
  6. 8. Trademarked IEEE 802.11 technologies that support wireless networking of home and business networks.