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- 3. Your excellent computing teacher's last name.
- 4. Connects to a wired network and provides wireless network radio signal for wireless devices to connect to.
- 6. Performs a similar function to the network interface card but uses radio signals to connect to the network (abbreviation).
- 9. Responsible for moving data from one network to another, e.g. from your home network to the internet.
- 10. Two or more computers which are linked together so that they can share resources and data.
- 11. A physical connection that often links together computers in a LAN.
- 13. The opposite of software. Used in networking.
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- 1. Small networks which are contained in a single building or small area. Not a dictionary word.
- 2. Two of these connected together can form the smallest LAN.
- 4. Wireless fidelity (abbreviation).
- 5. Converts data from analogue to digital signals so that it can be transmitted across different media — traditionally, telephone cables.
- 6. Larger networks over a wider geographical area. Also a term meaning pallid/sickly.
- 7. The largest WAN.
- 8. Enables multiple wired devices to connect, and uses packet switching to direct data to the correct device.
- 12. Enables a wired network connection between a computer and another networked device (abbreviation).