Computer Networking Vocabulary (1)

Computer
Networking
Vocabulary

By: Nijay Williams

Network

● A group of two or more computers
systems linked together.

Central Processing Unit

● An electronic circuitry that carries out
instructions of a computer program.

Data

● Informations that’s stored in or used
by a computer

Server

● A computer that provides data to
other computers

LAN

● A group of computers and associated
devices that shares communications
line or wireless link to a server.

Broadband

● Wide data transmission which
transports multiple signal and traffic
types.

Ethernet

● An cable that gives internet access
from a network.

Modern

● A device or program that enables a
computer to transmit data over.

Cable

● A system that transmit sets of tv
shows rather than broadcast signal.

Internet Service Provider

● A company that provides internet.

Topology

● The arrangement of a network,
including its nodes and connecting
lines.

WAN

● Two or more local-area networks
(LANs).

Hub

● Devices used to connect segments of a
LAN.

Packet

● A piece of message transmitted over a
packet-switching network.

Switch

● A computer networking device that
connects devices together.

Star

● A topology where each individual
piece of network is attached to a
central node.

Bus

● A topology in which nodes are directly
connected to a common linear half
duplex link.

PAN

● A computer network used for data
transmission.

MAN

● A computer network that
interconnects users with computer
resources in a region larger than that
covered by even a LAN.