What is basic terminology of network?
Bandwidth – the rated throughput capacity of a given network media or protocol. The amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time. Backbone – A high-speed link joining together several networks. Bit – A unit of information having just two possible values, as either of the binary digits 0 or 1. Byte – a series of consecutive binary digits that are operated upon as a unit. There are 8 bits in a byte. Category 5 (cat 5) cable -A type of twisted pair network wiring in which there is a certain number of twists per foot. It is the most commonly used network cabling. Coaxial Cable – A type of cable consisting of two insulating layers and two conductors most commonly used in older networks. Collision – An attempt by two devices to transmit over the network at the same time usually resulting in the data being lost. DNS (Domain Name System) – an internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. For example www.google.com translates to 66.102.7.99. Dynamic DNS –
