Lesson 24 vocab

2. A recent wireless technology that can deliver maximum speeds of up to 7 Mbps to your cell phone, home computer, or car.
5. World's collection of interconnected commercial and government-owned voice-oriented systems.
6. A network in which all the computers are equal; no computer is designated as the server.
8. A software program such as Internet Explorer.
9. A network designed for the exclusive use of people within an organization.
10. Worldwide system composed of thousands of smaller networks.
11. Connects two or more LANS to form a WAN.
12. Can include telephone systems, fiber optics, satellites, microwaves, or any combination of these.
16. Similar to an intranet, but allows specific users outside of the organization to access internal information systems.
18. Internet connection technology that provides for the transfer of information to a computer at high-speed bandwidth over ordinary copper telephone lines.
20. High-end program designed to provide network control that includes special functions for connecting computers and other devices into a network.
22. Acts as an intermediary between a user and the Internet to ensure security, administrative control, and caching service.
23. Uses coaxial cable to send and receive data.
25. Connects personal computers, workstations, and other devices such as printers and scanners in a limited geographical area.
26. Person who breaks into computer systems to steal services and information.

1. Method of high-level security that examines a fingerprint, voice pattern, or the iris or retina of the eye and matches it with the original entry in the system.
3. A type of fiber-optic telephone line that can transmit up to 1.544 megabits per second.
4. Provides connection speeds more than 30 times faster than dial-up connections.
7. Covers a large geographical area and can contain communication links across metropolitan, regional, or national boundaries.
13. Small, simple, inexpensive device that joins multiple computers together.
14. A device on a network; generally shares resources such as printers, software, and other hardware.
15. Hardware such as a mail server, a database server, an FTP server, an application server, or a Web server.
17. Software architectural model relationship.
19. Special hardware and software that protect individual companies' networks from external networks.
21. A variation of LAN that uses no physical wires.
24. Device that enables a computer to transmit voice data over telephone lines.