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What is transmission material manufactured so that signals will be confined to a narrow path and will behave predictably?

A) wire media
B) network transmission media
C) fiber-optic cable
D) transmission control protocol/internet protocol

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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What is TCP/IP's own messaging system for email?

A) file transfer protocol (FTP)
B) simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP)
C) hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
D) simple network management protocol (SNMP)

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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A WAN is a card that plugs into the back (or side) of your computers and lets them send and receive messages from other computers.

A network operating system (NOS) is the operating system that runs a network, steering information between computers and managing security and users.

A server is a computer designed to request information from a server.A server is a computer dedicated to providing information in response to requests.

What is a router?

List and describe the four components that differentiate networks.

Architecture includes Ethernet and transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP).

A protocol is the capability of two or more computer systems to share data and resources, even though they are made by different manufacturers.

Network transmission media refers to the various types of media used to carry the signal between computers.

What is a computer that is designed to request information from a server?

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) allows networked nodes to be managed from a single point.

Topology includes peer-to-peer networks and client/server networks.

Simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) is TCP/IP's own messaging system for email.

A wide area network (WAN) spans a large geographic area, such as a state, province, or country.WANs often connect multiple smaller networks, such as local area networks or metropolitan area networks.The world's most popular WAN is the Internet.A metropolitan area network (MAN) is a large computer network usually spanning a city.