SECTION 1: HARDWARE 1.14 Networks CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY

FOR COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SECTION 1: HARDWARE

1.14 Networks

LAN intranet Local log onto network card satellite server terminals WAN (Wide Area Network) LAN is pronounced "lan", and stands for 1_________________ Area Network. In a typical LAN, there is a central network 2_________________ which supports a number of 3_________________. Users have to 4_________________ the network server. Pages of information that can be viewed within a LAN are called an 5_______________ . A number of LANs connected to each other via 6_________________ or other form of __communication are called a 7_________________. To be used as network terminals, each computer needs to have a 8_________________ installed. Network topologies

ANSWER KEY

1.14 Networks LAN: 1 Local, 2 server, 3 terminals, 4 log onto, 5 intranet, 6 satellite, 7 WAN, 8 network card Network topologies: 1 star, 2 hierarchical, 3 ring, 4 line or bus