MelissaZermeno

TECH280
DueJuly14,2016

TechnologyTerms

Term

YourDefinition

RealDefinition

Sentence

Bandwidth

Theamountofinternet
spaceavailablefora
singleormultiple
devicestostream

Theamountofdatathat
canberelayedthrough
asignal,usually
expressedinbitsper
second

Ontheonehand,useofGoogleDrive
asacloudstorageservicelessensthe
needforstudentstocarryportable
flashdriveshowever,schoolsystems
mustconsiderthebandwidth
requirementsforallstudentswhowill
beaccessinginternetcloudserviceson
theschoolnetwork.

Throttle

Thestrengthusedto
pursueorcompletea
task

Tointentionallyslowor
restrictbandwidth

Theschooldistrictsserverthrottled
bandwidthinresponsetothe
overwhelmingincreaseofstudents
usingdevicesonthenetwork.

LAN

Linkedautomated
network

Localareanetworka
groupofcomputersand
otherdevicesthatshare
acommon
communicationsline
wirelesslinktoaserver

Sincealltheprintersareconnected
throughtheschoolsLAN,a
mischievousteacherhastheabilityto
printimagesofNicolasCagetoany
classroom.

WLAN

Wirelesslinked
automatednetwork

Wirelesslocalarea
networkacomputer
networkthatusesa
wirelessdistribution
methodwithinalimited
area

Theschooldistrictisconsidering
allowingstudentstoconnecttothe
WLANusingpersonaldevices,butthey
mustremembersafetyandprivacy
laws.

IDF

Internetdatafile

Intermediatedistribution
frameafreestandingor
wallmountedrackfor
managingand
interconnectingthe
telecommunications
cablebetweenenduser
devicesandthemain
distributionframe

Theschoolsplanningcommittee
discussedwherethefourIDFswill
needtobelocatedonthemain
campustoensureadequateinternet
coverage.

MDF

Mobiledatafile

Maindistributionframe
themainroomor
locationforthecentral
pointofanetworkthat

Theprincipalhadtoactquicklytoget
theairconditioningrepairedinthe
easternwingofthecampusbecauseit
housedtheMDF.

housesterminating
networkconnections
(outsidesubscriber
carrierequipmentand
insideLANequipment)
POE

Pointofentry

Poweroverethernet
technologythatlets
networkcablescarry
electricalpower,usually
inalowvoltage
electricalcurrentover
thenetwork

Sincethesecuritycamerais
PoEenabled,wewontneedtocallin
theelectriciantoaddapoweroutlet.

Switch

Atoolusedtotogglean
applicationordevice
onoroff

SimilartoanIDFa
deviceusedformaking
anetworkbyenabling
connecteddevicesto
communicatewitheach
otherefficiently

Therearemanythingstoconsider
whendecidingonanappropriate
switchtouseforyournetwork,suchas
routingrequirements,portspeeds,and
supportneeds.

Dongle

Anadaptorusedto
connectdevices(i.e.
connectlaptoptoLCD
projector)

Anadaptororsmall
deviceabletobe
connectedtoandused
withacomputer

WhenIstartedcollegeIhadto
purchaseaUSBdongletoconnectto
theinternetfrommydormroom.

WAP

Wirelessautomated
protocol

Wirelessaccesspoint
anetworkinghardware
devicethatallowsfora
WiFicompliantdevice
toconnecttoawired
network

Myparentsoldschoolprinterrequired
aWAPinordertoconnecttotheir
wirelessnetwork(apparentlyMom
doesntwanttoleavethelivingroom
downstairstoconnecttotheprinter
upstairstoprintherfavoriteimagefrom
Facebook).

8.02.11a,
b/g/n,ac

Thecommonspeed
(usuallymegabytesper
second)dataisableto
transferalongwireless
bandwidth

Wirelessstandardsfor
connectivityspeedset
bytheInstituteof
ElectricalandElectronic
Engineers8.02.11acis
theoreticallycapableof
1300mbps

Today8.02.11acequipmentisbuiltinto
justabouteverysmartphone,tablet,
laptop,andsmartTV.

mbps

Megabytespersecond

Megabitsperseconda
measureofdatatransfer
speed(amegabitis
equaltoonemillionbits)

Ifthenetworksdownloadspeedis1.5
mbps,thenitcanhandemail
adequately,buttrytoavoidstreaming
Netflixwhileatwork.

gbps

Gigabytespersecond

Gigabitsperseconda MicrosoftandGoogleonce
measureofdatatransfer recommended25gbpsand50gbps
speed(agigabitisequal ethernetnetworkstopreparebetter

toonebillionbits)ona
digitaltransfermedium
suchasanopticalfiber

infrastructureforuseofcloudservices.

CAT5,6

Typeofcableusedto
connectdeviceto
internetport

Category5or6cable
CAT5cablesarenowconsideredslow
maincomponentusedto andobsoletetechnologyasitcan
createethernetLANs
handleupto10/100mbpsover
ethernet,whileCAT6cablescan
handleupto10gbpsoverethernet.

URL

Ultimatereallink

UniformResource
Locatorareferenceor
addresstoaresource
ontheinternetithas
twomaincomponents:
theprotocolidentifier
(i.e.http)andthe
resourcename

Hyperlink

Anobjectorpieceof
textthatisdirectly
connectedtoawebsite

Anelementinan
Theteacherclickedonthehyperlinkon
electronicdocumentthat thePowerPointslidetoaccessand
linkstoanotherplacein showavideofromYouTube.
thesamedocumentor
toanentirelydifferent
document

domain
name/suffix

Thenameinanemail
addressthatcomes
afterthe@symbol,
usuallythenameofthe
organizationor
institutionconnectedto
emailprovider

Thepartofanetwork
addressthatidentifiesit
asbelongingtoa
particulardomainor
internetresourcethe
suffixhelpidentifythe
typeofdomain(i.e.
.com,.edu.,.org)

Itsimperativeforstudentstolearnhow
toevaluateinternetresourcesevenifit
justcheckingthedomainnameand
suffixofawebaddress.

Devices

Hardwareusedfor
electronictechnology
usedtoconnecttothe
internet,suchas
computer,laptop,
smartphone,etc.

Networkdevicesare
componentsusedto
connectcomputersand
otherelectronicdevices
sothattheycanshare
filesorresources
electronicdevicescan
beanythingthat
accomplishesitstask
electronically,likea
tablet,smartphone,or
laptop

Withtheemphasisondeveloping21st
centuryskills,manyschooldistrictsare
consideringhowtoaltertechnology
policiessothatstudentsmaybringand
usetheirowndevicesonschool
campusasaneducationaltool.

Cloud

Adigitallockerthat
storesinformationand

Anetworkofservers
thateachhavea

Thankstocloudcomputing,Icanstart
watchingamovieonmylaptopand

Manykidsstillautomaticallytypea
websitesnameintoasearchengineto
locateitinsteadoftypingtheURLinto
theaddressbartogettheredirectly.

Server

datafilesthatdoesnot
requireuseofan
externalmemoryor
harddrive

differentfunctionsothat
informationcanbe
storedandprocessed
onmorethanone
device

thenswitchovertomysmartphoneto
finishthemovie.

Aninternetnetwork,
publicorprivate

Acomputerprogramor
adevicethatprovides
functionalityforother
programsordevices,
calledclients

WhenIlogontomyschooldistricts
network,Icanthenaccessnecessary
filesfromtheserver.