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| connectivity devices that enable a workstation, server, printer or other node to receive and transmit data over the network media |
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| device on NIC that transmits and receives data signals |
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| The circuit or signaling pathway used by the motherboard to transmit data to the computers componenets, including its memory, processor, hard disk and NIC |
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| openings with multiple electrical contacts that allow devices to connect to the computer's expanded bux |
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| most popular expansion board NIC, specifices a 32 or 64 bit bus with max 133 MHz clock speed. Can support up to 16 lanes. |
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| the primary difference between two USB standards |
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| set of data instructions that has been saved to a ROM chip |
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| software that enables an attached device to communicate with the computers OS. Are loaded into RAM upon computer start up |
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| LED indicator is blinking, indicating that NIC is either transmitting or receiving data |
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| a message to the computer's processor that instructs it to stop what it is doing and pay attention to something else |
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| is the circuit board wire over which a device issues voltage to signal the IRQ request |
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| microchip that requires very little energy to operate |
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| simple set of instructions that enables a computer to initially recongize its hardware |
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| indicates in hex the area of memory that NIC and CPU use for exchanging or buffering data |
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| NIC is integerated into motherboard |
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| a NIC's transmission characteristics are held in the adapters _________ |
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| a repeaters with more than one output portm |
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| router that directs data b/w nodes an on autonomous LAN (or own owned & operated by a single organization) |
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| hubs that posess internal processing capabilities |
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| devices that connect two network segments by analyzing incoming frames and makeing decisions about where to direct them based on each frame's MAC address. |
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| connectivity devices that subdivide a network into smaller logical pieces or segments |
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| switches that operate anywhere b/w layer 4 and layer 7 |
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| a mutliport connectivity devices that directs data b/w nodes on a network |
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| routing techinique that automatically calculates the best path b/w two nodes |
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| routing technique in which network admin programs a router to use speciific path b/w nodes |
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| combinations of networking hardware and software that connect two dissimilar kinds of networks |
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| External peripheral devices that specifies a 32 bit interface running at 33MHz, which matches the PCI expansion board standards |
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| peripheral bus, coded as IEEE 1394 sandards |
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| a connector that plus into a port and crosses over the transmit line to receive line so that outgoing signals can be redirected into the computer for testing |
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| A switch running in this mode reads a frame's header and decides where to forward the data before it receives the entire packet |
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| switch reads the entire data frame into memory and checks it for accuracy before transmitting the information |
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| CompactFlash is an example of a peripheral device attached to the computer’s ____ bus |
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| If the ____ NIC LED indicator is blinking, the NIC is functioning and receiving frames |
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The ____ is a simple set of instructions that enables a computer to initially recognize its hardware. |
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| Switches can create ____ by grouping a number of ports into a broadcast domain |
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| To eliminate the possibility of a broadcast storm, switches and bridges implement the _ |
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