Networking CS

2. A channel number on a device that allows data to know which application it needs to go in.
4. Process of selecting the best path for data to travel across a network to its destination
6. Most widely used system for identifying devices on a network.
7. A group of computers that are connected to each other through a network so that they can communicate and share data.
8. Newer system that is used to identify devices on a network, provides a longer IP address and uses a hexadecimal method to create the IP address.
9. Most common topology, where all devices in a network are directly connected to a central hub.
11. Type of identifier used on the internet.
13. PAddress Type of identifier used on local networks.
14. A virtual communication endpoint.
15. Changes the name of a website into an IP address.
17. A computer system that doesn’t share data with other systems, sometimes referred to as private or proprietary.
18. (LAN) A network that connects devices to the internet in a limited range.
19. (WAN) A network that connects LANs over a large range.

1. (ISP) Companies that give people access to the internet.
3. Topology where devices are connected in a closed loop and each device is connected to two other devices.
5. A computer system that can publicly work with other systems because they follow the same rules.
8. A unique identifier assigned to every device on a network.
10. A framework that divides computer network communication into 7 different levels.
12. A set of rules that make up how data is transmitted between devices on a network.
16. Topologies The way that computers are physically connected and there are four different types, star, collapsed ring, bus, and ring.