BUSI 4404 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Frame Check Sequence, Interior Gateway Routing Protocol, Deliverable
4 May 2017
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Data communications : movement of computer information by means of electrical or optical transmission systems. Broadband communications: convergence of telecomm and data comm. Server: stores data or software that can be accessed by the clients. Client: input-output hardware device at the user"s end of a communication circuit. Peer-to-peer networks: networks that connect a set of similar computers that share their data and software with each other. File server: stores data and software that can be used by computers on a network. Print server: manages all printing requests from clients on a network. Web server: such as ie stores documents and graphics that can be accessed from any web browser. Local area network: group of microcomputers located in same general area. Backbone network: several miles larger central network connecting several lans, hundreds of feet to. Metropolitan area network: connects lans and bns located in different areas to each other and to wans.
