networks

3. provides you with a digital connection that allows you to communicate by using any combination of voice, data, and video, among other multimedia applications.
4. a part of the network interface card
6. a network security device that monitors and filters incoming and outgoing network traffic based on an organization's previously established security policies
7. Open, global specification that enables users of wireless devices to access and interact with wireless information services and applications
8. a hardware device about the size of an external modem that converts a digital data frame from the communications technology used on a local area network (LAN) into a frame appropriate to a wide-area network (WAN) and vice versa.

1. a Link Layer device which forwards traffic between network segments
2. a network node used in telecommunications that connects two networks with different transmission protocols together
5. a hardware component responsible for relaying data from networks to the destination endpoint through packet switching, MAC address identification, and a multiport bridge system