Across
- 4. the largest network used as a communication tool.
- 8. a computer that handles requests data one bit at a time.
- 10. combination of hardware and software that creates a buffer between an internal network and the internet to pervent unauthorized access.
- 11. recent wirless technology that can deliver maxmum speeds of up tp 7 Mbps to your cell phone, home computer, or car.
- 12. high end programs desighed to provide network control and include special functions.
- 14. expert computer user who invades someone else's computer either for personal gain or simply for the satisfaction of being able to do it.
- 15. shares resources such as printers,programs,and other hardware.
- 16. ISP that provides connections speeds more then 30 times faster than dial up connections from 384 Kbps to 2.0 Mbps.
- 18. computers network that covers a large geographical area. most WANs are made up of several connected LANs.
- 21. junction where information arrives from connected computers or peripheral devices and is then forwarded in one or more directions
- 22. series of connected personal computers, workstaitions, and other devices, such as printers or scanners, within a confined space.
- 23. a variation of a LAN that uses no physical wires.
- 24. a network configuration that allows selected outside organization to access internal information systems.
- 25. hardware devices that facilitates the transmission of data.
- 26. device that directs traffic on a network by dividing data into smaller packets that travel by differnt routes.
Down
- 1. computer configurration in which one or more computers on a network acts as a sever.
- 2. a computer that uses the services of other program.
- 3. world's collection of interconnected commercial and government owned voice oriented system.
- 5. an internet connection technology that provides for the transfer of information to a computer at a high speed bandwidth.
- 6. link from one computer to another which data can be transmitted.
- 7. network designed for the exclusive use of computer users outside the organization.
- 9. examine a fingerprint, a voice pattern, or the iris or retina of a eye.
- 13. a sever that acts as an intermediary between a user and the inthernet.
- 17. computer architecture in which all computers on a network are equal and there is no computer designated as the server.
- 19. q device that uses coaxial cable to send and receive data.
- 20. a type of fiber-optic telephone line that can transmit up to 1.544 megabits per second or can be used to transmit 24 digitzed voice channels.