Across
- 4. Link from one computer to another theough which data can be transmitted.
- 7. A device that uses coaxial cable to send and reccive data.
- 11. A server that acts as an intermediary between user and the internet.
- 12. A type of fiber-optic telephone line that can transmit up to 1.544 megabits per second or can be used to transmit 24 digitized voice channels.
- 15. A device taht directs traffic on a network by dividing data into smaller packets that travel by different routes and then a re reassembled at their destination.
- 18. AN ISP that provides connections speeds more than 30 times fater than dial-up connection.
- 20. A computer that uses the services of another program.
- 21. High-end programs designed to provide network control and include special functions for connecting computers and other devices into a network.
- 24. COmputer network that covers a large geographical area.
- 25. The largest network used as a communication tool.
- 26. A recent wireless tech that can deliver maximum speeds up to 7 Mbps to your cell phone, home computer, or car.
Down
- 1. EXpert computer user who invades someone else's computer for personal gain or the satifaction of doing it.
- 2. Examing a body part for security measures.
- 3. computer architecture in which all of the computers are equal and there in no computer desginated as the server.
- 5. A junction where information arrives from connected computers or pephieal devices.
- 6. A device on the network.
- 8. The world's collection of interconneceted commercial and government owend voice-oriented systems.
- 9. A variation of a LAN that uses no physical wires.
- 10. Computer configuration in which one or more computers on the network acts as a server.
- 13. An Internet connection technology that provides for the transfer of information to a computer at high-speed bandwith over ordinary copper telephone lines.
- 14. A series of connected personal computers, workstations, and other devices, such as printer or scanners, within a confined space, such as a office building.
- 16. A combination of hardware and software that creates a buffer between an internal network and the internet to prevent unauthorized access.
- 17. A network designed for the exclusive use of computer users within an organization that can't be accessed ny users outside the oganization.
- 19. A network configuration that allows selected outside orginizations to access internal sytems.
- 22. A computer that handles requesrs for data, e-mail, file, transfers, and other network services from other computers.
- 23. Communications hardware device that facilitaies the transmission of data.