FLASHCARDS (words)

network: A computer system that links two or more computers.
wireless network: A network in which a node has a tiny radio or infrared transmitter connected to its network port so it can send and receive data through the air rather than through cables.

Ethernet: A popular networking architecture developed in 1976 at Xerox.

Wi-Fi: A popular wireless LAN technology that allows multiple computers to connect to a LAN through a base station up to 150 feet away. Often referred to as 802.11b.
wireless access point: A communication device, typically connected to a wired network that is used to create a wireless network.

LAN: Local Area Network--anything in one home, really small area.
MAN: Metropolitan Area Network--less than 30 miles range.
WAN: Wide Area Network--biggest network, any network over 30 miles.

node: Each computer and shared peripheral on a local-area network.
routers: Programs or devices that decide how to route Internet transmissions.

fiber-optic cable: High-capacity cable that uses light waves to carry information at blinding speeds.

client: any part of the network that receives data.
host: any part of the network that sends data.

server: Offers many users access to the same information.
access: Physical proximity to a person, or knowledge about that person, a common theme in privacy discussions.
access permissions:

spam: Internet junk mail.
phishing: The use of a deceptive email message or Web site to lure a person into divulging credit card numbers or other sensitive information.

login: A one-word name that you type to identify yourself when connecting—logging in—to a secure computer system, network, or email account. Sometimes called login name or alias.
password: The most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.

firewall:
VPN:

sysadmin:
work station: A high-end desktop computer with massive computing power, though less expensive than a minicomputer. Workstations are the most powerful of the desktop computers.

UPS:

EDI:

blogs: Short for Web log, a personal Web page that often carries diary-like entries or political commentaries. Blogs are fast proliferating as new software allows users to create Web pages without having to learn the technical details of HTML and Web authoring.
wiki: A Web site that lets anyone with access to a Web browser to modify its pages. The best-known example is Wikipedia.

asynchronous communication: Delayed communication, such as that used for newsgroups and mailing lists, where the sender and the recipients don’t have to be logged in at the same time.
real-time communication: Internet communication that enables you to communicate with other users who are logged on at the same time.
chat room: Public real-time teleconference.
IM: Instant Messaging

bps: (bits per second) The standard unit of measure for modem speed.

GPS: A device that can use Global Positioning System signals to determine its location and communicate that information to a person or a computer.

Internet telephony: A combination of software and hardware technology that enables the Internet to, in effect, serve as a telephone network. Internet telephony systems can use standard telephones, computers, or both to send and receive voice messages.
VoIP: (voice over IP) A protocol that allows the Internet to be used to make voice telephone calls.
video teleconference: Face-to-face communication over long distances using video and computer technology.
voice mail: A telephone-based messaging system with many of the features of an email system.

NOS: (Network Operating System) Server operating system software for a local-area network.