- analog signal:a continuous wave
- asynchronous communication: delayed communication
- attachment: a way to send formatted word-processor docs, pics, and other multimedia files via email
- bandwidth: the quantity of info that can be transmitted through communication medium in a given anount of time
- bits per second: the standard unit of measure for modern speed
- blog: (Web log) web page that carries diary-like entries or political commentaries
- bluetooth: wireless technology that enables phones, comps, and PCs to communicate with each other regardless of operating system
- bounce: the automatic return of an undeliverable email message to its sender
- chat room: public real-time teleconference
- client: ?
- client/server model: for a local-area network a hierarchial model in which one or more comps act as dedicated servers and all the remaining comps act as clients
- communication software: software that enables comps to interact with eachother over a phone line or other network
- digital signal: a stream of bits
- direct connection: a dedicated, direct connection to the internet through a LAN with the comp having its own IP address.
- download: to copy software from an online source to a local comp
- email:
- Ethernet a popular networking architectrure developed in 1976 at Xerox.
- FAQs: Posted lists of common queries and their answers
- fiber-optic cable: high-capacity cable that uses light waves to carry info at blinding speed
- file server: in a LAN a comp used as a storehouse for software and data that are shared by several users
- GPS: a device that can use Global Positioning System signals to determine its location and communication that info to a person or comp
- host system: a comp that provides services to multiiple users
- instant message: a technology that enables users to create buddy lists, check for buddies who are logged in, and exchange typed messages and file with those who are
- Internet telephony: a comination of software and hardware technology that enables the internet to serve as a telephone network
- Internet: a global interconnection networkd of thousands of networkd linking academic, research, govnt, and commercial instiutions, and other organizations and individuals.
- LAN: multple personal comps connected on a network
- mailing lists: email discussion groups on special-interest topics.
- MMORPG: internet games that support thousands of simulatneous players, allowing them to assume roles of particular characters in shared virtual worlds
- modem: modulator/demodulator. hardware that device that connects a comp to a telephone line
- NIC: card that adds an additional serial port to a comp
- network license: license for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a network site
- NOS: server operating system software for a local-networking
- newsgroup: ongoing public discussions on a particular subject consisting of notes written to a central Internet site and redistributed through a worldwide newsgroup network called Usenet
- peer-to-peer model: a LAN model that allows every comp on the network to be both client and server
- phishing: the use of a deceptive email message or Web site to lure a person into divulging credit card numbers or other sensitive info.
- port: socket that allows info to pass in and out
- protocol: a set of rules for the exchange of data between a terminal and a comp or between 2 comps
- real-time communication: internet communication that enables you to communicate with other users who are logged on at the same time
- remote access: network access via phone line TV, capable system or wireless link
- router: programs or devices that decides how to route Internet transmissons
- server: a comp especialy designed to provide software and other resources to other comps over a network
- site license: license for multiple copies or removing restrictions on software copying and use at a networking site.
- spam: internet junk mail
- TCP/IP: protocols developed as an experiment in internetworking now the language of the internet allowing cross-networking communication for almost every type of comp and network
- telecommunication: long-distance electronic communication in a variety of forms
- telephony: tech that enables comps to server as speakerphones answering machines and complete voice mail system
- terminal emulation software: software that allows a PC to act as a dumb terminal- an input/output device that enables the user to send commands to and view info on the host comp
- upload: to post software or docs to an online source so they're available for others
- video teleconference: face-to-face communication over long distances using vid and comp tech
- voice mail: a telephone-based messaging system with many of the features of an email system
- VPN: a network that uses encryption software to create secure "tunnels" through the public Internet or b/t intranets
- WAN: ?
- Wi-Fi: a popluar wireless LAN tech that allows multiple comps to connect to LAN through a base station up to 150 feet away
- Wiki: a Web site that lets anyone with access to a Web browser to modify its pages
- WiMax: a wireless alternative to cable or DSL service
- wireless access point: a communication device typically connected to a wired network that is used to create a wireles network
- wireless network: a network in which a node has a tiny radio or infrared transmitter connected to its network port so it can send and recieve data through the air rather than through cables
- video teleconference
- real-time communication
A modem connects a computer to a telephone line. Two circumstances is a modem necassary are when a telephone or fax is needed
4) How could a file server be used in a student comp lab? What software licensing issues would be raised by using a file server in a student lab?
Many students use the computers in the computer lab so their needs to be many files that are able to keep all the information stored. Some issues there would be are expensive, certain amount of numbers needed.
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