Across
- 5. a WAN that does not use cables, but sends data using radio waves.
- 7. the shape, configuration or structure of the connections that connect device to the network.
- 9. a network where all processing takes place in a central server; the clients are dumb terminals with little or no processing tower or local hard disk storage.
- 12. a LAN that does not use cables but connects using radio waves
- 13. a network over a small geographical distance - usually on one site and typically used by one organisation
- 14. a system in which some computers (the clients), request services provided by other computers, the servers.
Down
- 1. the way in which devices in a network are physically connected.
- 2. in a network where resources, processing power and storage capacity are distributed between the server and the client computers.
- 3. a network that has no dedicated servers. All computers are of equal status and can both share resources themselves and use resources from other computers, ie they are peers.
- 4. a network layout that uses one main data cable as a backbone to transmit data
- 6. when a hashing algorithm produces the same index for two or more different keys
- 8. a way of connecting devices in a network where each workstation has a dedicated cable to a central computer or switch.
- 10. the layout of a network usually in terms of its conceptual layout rather than physical layout.
- 11. a network spread over a large geographical distance.