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Internet
A worldwide collection of internet connected networks not owned by any one group of people.
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World Wide Web
Information stored in documents known as web pages stored on web servers connected to the internet.
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Local Area Network
A LAN usually covers a small geographical area and consists of computers and peripheral devices.
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Wide Area Network
A WAN is a collection of computers and networks connected together through such resources as cables, telephone lines satellites and radio waves.
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Client server
In a client server network, the server is a powerful computer that provides service and resources required by clients. A client is a computer that requests services and resources from a server.
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Peer to peer server
Computers connected together that share specified files and folders with other peer computers over a LAN.
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Wireless access point
A wireless transmitter that receives data from a network via its physical connection. The transmitter then converts it into radio waves which are then transmitted.
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Router
A router is designed to route data packets across a wide area network such as the internet. If a packet is destined for a computer in a LAN, it will usually be routed to a switch. A switch is a component of a LAN that knows the MAC address of each in
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Switch
If a packet is destined for a computer in a LAN, it will usually be routed to a switch. A switch is a component of a LAN that knows the MAC address of each individual device connected to it.
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Network interface card
A physical component which can either act wirelessly or have a wired connection using an ethernet cable
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Transmission media
A pathway that carries the information from the sender to the receiver. The standard network cable is refereed to as an Ethernet cable.
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Domain name system
A directory of domain names that are translated into Internet Protocol addresses.
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Hosting
An internet host is a company that is able to store your files and make them available to you or others using internet connected computers.
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Cloud
A method of data storage where data and software is stored on offsite web servers.
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Virtual networks
A subset of computers connected together as part of a larger physical network. A Virtual Private Network can be set up when an employee of a company in a remote location needs to connect to the company's private network.
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Card 2

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World Wide Web

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Information stored in documents known as web pages stored on web servers connected to the internet.

Card 3

Front

Local Area Network

Back

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Card 4

Front

Wide Area Network

Back

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Card 5

Front

Client server

Back

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