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What are two components
of network? - Correct Answer-Collaboration
Communication network
What is collaboration? - Correct Answer-two people
working to achieve a common goal,
result, or product. It is facilitated by the use of current
technology.
Why should people
collaborate? - Correct Answer-produces results greater than
those that could be
produced by individuals working alone.
What is a network? - Correct Answer-collection of
communication links with the ability to
route messages among devices attached to it
What do communications
systems allow for? - Correct Answer-Email, VPNs, instant
messaging
Database and content management
Workflow control
Process for creating/editing/using content
What are computer
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,networks? - Correct Answer-a collection of computers that
communicate
via transmission media; physical (e.g. optical fiber wires),
wireless, or radio frequencies
What are three types of
networks? - Correct Answer-1) Local area network (LAN)
2) Wide area network (WAN)- local networks separated by
longer distances
3) The Internet
What is a local area
network? - Correct Answer-a network of computers
connected at a
single physical site, over a small geographic area. Property
exchanged in this network can be controlled by the company
operating the network. For example, all computers in your
house can be connected to one printer
What is a wide area
network? - Correct Answer-a network of computers in
different
geographic areas. Transmission lines are usually licensed by
the government.
What does "network of
networks" mean? - Correct Answer-The internet and
intranets connect LANs, WANs, and other internets
together.
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, What is the intranet? - Correct Answer-a private network of
networks that is much smaller
and has a specific reason for its existence
What is the internet? - Correct Answer-uses a variety of
communication methods and
conventions. It is much larger, and has both layered protocols that
provide a seamless flow of data (different programs use different
protocols), which is a set of rules that communicating devices
follow. It is simply a file sharing mechanism
What is the URL? - Correct Answer-The uniform resource locator
is the instructions on the
address of a document on the internet, and the protocol used to
access the document
What are some protocols? - Correct Answer-1) HTTP - Hypertext
Transfer Protocol: transmits files on the world-wide-web (Note:
the WWW is located in the internet, but is not THE internet). (e.g.
http://www.google.com)
2) FTP - File Transfer Protocol: exchanges files over the
internet. (e.g. ftp://ftp.csd.uwo.ca)
3) SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol: sends mail over the
internet
What are the components of the URL? - Correct Answer-E.g.
http://www.uwo.ca/selected/browse.html
Protocol: http (note: if there is no protocol, the default is html)
Web server: www.uwo.ca
Folder: selected (note: folders and files are case-sensitive,
not web servers or protocols)
Document: browse.html (note: if there is no document, then the
default web page is index.html)
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