AND NETWORKS. EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Digital Convergence - ANS is the gradual merger of computing and communications into a
new information environment, in which the same information is exchanged among many kinds
of equipment, using the language of computers.
Digital - ANS Signals that computer uses to process a series of datas 0s and 1s, off and on.
Analog - ANS signals that use wave variations, continuously changing.
Can an analog data be converted to digital data? - ANS yes, by using modems
Modem - ANS short for modulate/ demodulate. Communications hardware device that
facilitates the transmission of data.
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, What does WAN stand for? - ANS Wide Area Network. It allows communication around the
whole world. It is meant to help others share resources. Example: The Internet
What does MAN stand for? - ANS Metropolitan Area Network. Communications network
covering a
city or a suburb. Many cellphone systems are MANs.
What does LAN stand for and what is it? - ANS Local Are Network. Connects computers and
devices in a limited
geographic area, such as one office, one building, or a group of buildings close together. (A
home area network is a LAN.)
What does P2P stand for? - ANS peer-to-peer. All computers on the network are "equal" and
communicate directly with one another, without relying on servers.
client/server network - ANS A network that uses centrally administered computers, known
as "servers", to enable resource sharing for and to facilitate communication between the other
computers on the network.
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