Computer Networks: Part 2

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Across
  1. 3. A more ‘intelligent’ device than a hub.
  2. 6. World-wide network.
  3. 7. The process of converting information into a form that is meaningless to anyone except holders of a ‘key’.
  4. 10. It combines two or more of the basic topologies.
  5. 12. Private network that provides similar services to The Internet.
  6. 13. A network device that typically links together two different parts of a LAN.
  7. 14. A computer setup to share a resource, usually an Internet connection.
  8. 16. Used to connect all of the computers together. Each computer has a short cable.
Down
  1. 1. Internet Service Provider.
  2. 2. Each computer is connected to a loop of cable.
  3. 4. Device that connects a number of computers together to make a LAN.
  4. 5. Every computer is connected to a central device. The device passes messages between computers.
  5. 8. These are still used in most networks, rather than using only wireless, because they can carry much more data per second, and are more secure (less open to hacking).
  6. 9. A device, or a piece of software that is placed between your computer and the rest of the network
  7. 11. Special device to join the digital computer to the analogue telephone line.
  8. 15. A network device that connects together two or more networks.
  9. 17. Network Interface Card.