ISM 3011 CHAPTER 6 Exam Study Guide
10/100/1000 Ethernet - ANSWER a type of Ethernet that conforms to the IEEE
802.3 protocol and allows for transmission at a rate of 10, 100, or 1000 Mbps
Bluetooth - ANSWER a common wireless protocol designed for transmitting data
over short distances, replacing cables
cable line - ANSWER cable television lines that provide high speed data
transmission
carrier - ANSWER a telecommunication company that provides voice and data
transportation services
cloud - ANSWER a term that refers to elastic leasing of pooled computer
resources over the internet
commerce server - ANSWER an application program that runs on a server tier
computer. obtains product data from a database, manages items in users
shopping carts, and coordinates the check out process
content delivery network (CDN) - ANSWER an information system that support
the management and delivery of documentation including reports, web pages,
and other expressions of employee knowledge
database tier - ANSWER in the three tier architecture, the tier that runs the
DBMS and receives and processes requests to retrieve and store data
digital subscriber line (DSL) - ANSWER a communications line that operates on
the same lines as voice telephones but does so in a manner such that its signals
do not interfere with voice telephone service
domain name - ANSWER a worldwide unique name registered in the domain
name system (DNS) and affiliated with a public IP address
elastic - ANSWER in cloud computing, the situation that exists when the amount
of resource leased can be dynamically increased or decreased
programmatically in a short span of time and organizations pay for just the
resources they use
encapsulated - ANSWER a characteristic of systems design in which the details
of a process are hidden from users of that process
, ethernet - ANSWER another name for the IEEE 802.3 protocol. a
communications standard that specifies how messages are to be packaged,
processed, and transmitted for wired transmission over a LAN
file transfer protocol (ftp) - ANSWER an applications layer protocol used to
transfer files over the internet
hop - ANSWER in an internet, the movement from one network to another
https - ANSWER an indication that a web browser is using the SSL/TLS protocol
to provide secure information
hypertext transfer protocol http - ANSWER an application layer protocol used
between browsers and web servers
ICANN - ANSWER the organization responsible for managing the assignment of
public IP addresses and domain names for use on the internet
IEEE 802.3 protocol - ANSWER a standard for packaging and managing traffic
on wired local area networks
IEEE 802.11 protocol - ANSWER a standard for packaging and managing traffic
on wireless local area networks
Infrastructure as a service IaaS - ANSWER the cloud hosting of a bare server
computer or data storage
internet - ANSWER internet is a private network of networks. Internet is the
public internet know as the Internet
internet service provider isp - ANSWER an ISP provides users with internet
access. provides a user with a legitimate internet address, serves as the user's
gateway to the internet and passes communication back and forth between user
and internet
intranet - ANSWER a private internet used within a corporation or other
organization
IP address - ANSWER a series of dotted decimals in a format like 192.168.2.28
that identifies a unique device on a network or internet
IPv4 - ANSWER the most commonly used internet layer protocol; has a four
decimal dotted notation such as 165.193.123.253
IPv6 - ANSWER an internet layer protocol that uses 128 bit addresses and is
gradually replacing IPv4
10/100/1000 Ethernet - ANSWER a type of Ethernet that conforms to the IEEE
802.3 protocol and allows for transmission at a rate of 10, 100, or 1000 Mbps
Bluetooth - ANSWER a common wireless protocol designed for transmitting data
over short distances, replacing cables
cable line - ANSWER cable television lines that provide high speed data
transmission
carrier - ANSWER a telecommunication company that provides voice and data
transportation services
cloud - ANSWER a term that refers to elastic leasing of pooled computer
resources over the internet
commerce server - ANSWER an application program that runs on a server tier
computer. obtains product data from a database, manages items in users
shopping carts, and coordinates the check out process
content delivery network (CDN) - ANSWER an information system that support
the management and delivery of documentation including reports, web pages,
and other expressions of employee knowledge
database tier - ANSWER in the three tier architecture, the tier that runs the
DBMS and receives and processes requests to retrieve and store data
digital subscriber line (DSL) - ANSWER a communications line that operates on
the same lines as voice telephones but does so in a manner such that its signals
do not interfere with voice telephone service
domain name - ANSWER a worldwide unique name registered in the domain
name system (DNS) and affiliated with a public IP address
elastic - ANSWER in cloud computing, the situation that exists when the amount
of resource leased can be dynamically increased or decreased
programmatically in a short span of time and organizations pay for just the
resources they use
encapsulated - ANSWER a characteristic of systems design in which the details
of a process are hidden from users of that process
, ethernet - ANSWER another name for the IEEE 802.3 protocol. a
communications standard that specifies how messages are to be packaged,
processed, and transmitted for wired transmission over a LAN
file transfer protocol (ftp) - ANSWER an applications layer protocol used to
transfer files over the internet
hop - ANSWER in an internet, the movement from one network to another
https - ANSWER an indication that a web browser is using the SSL/TLS protocol
to provide secure information
hypertext transfer protocol http - ANSWER an application layer protocol used
between browsers and web servers
ICANN - ANSWER the organization responsible for managing the assignment of
public IP addresses and domain names for use on the internet
IEEE 802.3 protocol - ANSWER a standard for packaging and managing traffic
on wired local area networks
IEEE 802.11 protocol - ANSWER a standard for packaging and managing traffic
on wireless local area networks
Infrastructure as a service IaaS - ANSWER the cloud hosting of a bare server
computer or data storage
internet - ANSWER internet is a private network of networks. Internet is the
public internet know as the Internet
internet service provider isp - ANSWER an ISP provides users with internet
access. provides a user with a legitimate internet address, serves as the user's
gateway to the internet and passes communication back and forth between user
and internet
intranet - ANSWER a private internet used within a corporation or other
organization
IP address - ANSWER a series of dotted decimals in a format like 192.168.2.28
that identifies a unique device on a network or internet
IPv4 - ANSWER the most commonly used internet layer protocol; has a four
decimal dotted notation such as 165.193.123.253
IPv6 - ANSWER an internet layer protocol that uses 128 bit addresses and is
gradually replacing IPv4
