Data Communications Chapter 1

Backbone Network (BN) – A large network to which many networks within an organization are connected.

Circuit – The path over which the voice, data, or image transmissions travel.

Client – The input-output hardware device at the user’s end of a communication circuit.

Convergence –

Extranet – Using the Internet to provide access to information intended for a selected set of users, not the public at large

Intranet – Using Internet protocols on a network internal to an organization so that information is accessible using a browser, for example only for employees but not the public.

Internet – The information superhighway.

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) – IETF is a large, open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet.

Internet Service Provider (ISP) – ISPs offer connections to the Internet.

Interexchange Carrier –

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) – A board of seven commissioners appointed by the U.S president under the Communication Act of 1934, having the power to regulate all interstate and foreign electrical communications systems originating in the United States.

Local Area Network – A network that is located in a small geographic area, such as an office, a building, a complex of buildings, and whose communication technology provides a high bandwidth, low-cost medium to which many nodes can be connected.

Local Exchange Carrier – The local telephone company.

Metropolitan Area Network – A network that usually covers a citywide area.

Net Neutrality –

Pervasive Networking –

Protocol – A formal set of conventions governing the format and control inputs and outputs between two communicating devices.

Protocol Data Unit –

Router – A device that connects two similar networks having the same network protocol.

Server – A computer that provides a particular...