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Data Communication and Network Terms Guide

This document provides an overview and list of key terms related to data communication and computer networks. It defines common network components like Ethernet cables, routers, hubs, network interface cards, servers, and different types of area networks. It also defines related concepts like protocols, ASCII, full-duplex and half-duplex transmission, jitter, and the functions of clients, servers, and senders and receivers in a network.

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Data Communication and Network Terms Guide

This document provides an overview and list of key terms related to data communication and computer networks. It defines common network components like Ethernet cables, routers, hubs, network interface cards, servers, and different types of area networks. It also defines related concepts like protocols, ASCII, full-duplex and half-duplex transmission, jitter, and the functions of clients, servers, and senders and receivers in a network.

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Session Overviewof Data Communication and

NetworkList of TermsEthernet CableRouterHubOperating


SystemNetwork Interface CardServerWANMANLANCANPANJitterFull-duplexHalf-
duplexSimplexProtocolASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information
[Link] rules or process that specify what is communicated and how it is
communicated; acts like a translatorSender transmits the data; the other device acts
as a receiver onlyEach device can transmit and receive the information, but not at
the same timeThe sender and receiver devices can transmit and receive the
information, simultaneouslyThe variance in the arrival time of the data packets in
milliseconds (ms) over a communication networkPersonal Area NetworkCampus
Area NetworkLocal Area NetworkMetropolitan Area NetworkWide Area
NetworkEnables users to access all network resourcesElectronic device (card),
which allows a connection to the networkSoftware needed on client and server
computers to communicate over the networkHardware device that splits the network
connection and distributes it to multiple computersHardware device used to share a
single internet connection to multiple computersNetwork cable used to connect
different devices to the internet206

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