Match each word from column A (1-22) with its partner from column B (a-v) to make a computing term definition from Basic English for Computing Unit 11.
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Test 7
Answer the following questions
1 How can a network be formed?
2 What do networks allow users to do?
3 What is called a local area network? Give some examples?
4 What is the most common network arrangement?
5 What is called as the network topology?
6 What network topologies do you know? Describe each of them.
| A | B |
| 1LAN (Local Area Network) | a) a storage device used for copying files to a storage medium to keep them save |
| 2 WAN (Wide Area Network) | b) Physical layout of a network where all the computers are connected in a closed loop |
| 3 topology | c) to connect a number of computers and peripheral devices together |
| 4 server | d) an arrangement of computers in a network where every computer is connected to every other computer by a separate cable |
| 5Bus topology | e) a network computer used for accessing a service on a server |
| 6Mesh topology | f) a main computer that provides a service on a network |
| 7 hacker | g) a piece of peripheral equipment which enables you to input information into a computer |
| 8 Ring topology | h) Physical layout of a network where all the computers are attached to one main cable that is terminated at both ends |
| 9 Star topology | i) someone who tries to break into computer systems, especially in order to get secret information. |
| 10 Hub | j) to make a backup version of file |
| 11 client | k) using a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system |
| 12 peripheral(s) | l) external devices installed in a computer room |
| 13 backup device | m) peripherals plugged into motherboard |
| 14 integrated peripherals | n) a piece of equipment that is connected to the central processing unit of a computer system |
| 15 hacking | o) an electronic device at the center of a star network topology |
| 16 file backup | p) a network with several paths between any pair of units or nodes |
| 17 input peripherals | q) The physical layout of a network |
| 18 backup server | r) computers connected together over a large distance |
| 19machine-room peripherals | s) computers connected together over a small distance |
| 20 mesh network | t) a piece of peripheral equipment used to bring data out of a system |
| 21 output peripherals | u) a device for writing data very quickly on to magnetic tape, used typically for making backups of large amounts of data |
| 22 network, v | v) physical layout of a network where all the computers are connected by separate cables to a central hub |
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