CS 100: Module 2 (Network Organization) Test | Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update

What is a network? - all the "components" that are connected together so that two computers can communicate with each other What are the 2 fundamental ways of communicating? - 1. Synchronous: when both parties are communicating at the exact same time 2. Asynchronous: when there is a time lag in the communication all of the internet operates with ______________ communication - asynchronous What are the 3 layers of communication? - 1. High Layer: context and meaning 2. Middle Layer: interpretations as patterns or symbols 3. Lower Layer: physical interactions and components Describe each step as someone says "hello" to you. - starts as vibrating air molecules (sound waves), then go into your ear and recognized as phonemes, then the phonemes are put together to make a word, then the word is interpreted into a meaning