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An analogue signal consists of a continuous range of values representing one quantity that is analogous to another quantity...
Telecommunications, also known as telecom, is a wide term used to describe the electronic transmission of signals over long distances...
A fibre-optic cable, also known as an optical-fibre cable, is a network cable that is made up of one or more thin strands of glass fibres...
Anycasting is a network addressing and routing method where a group of nodes share the same IP addresses and messages can be sent to...
Broadcasting refers to the process of sending a message to all hosts on a network without knowing their unique IP addresses...
Unicasting is the sending of data across a network to a single recipient or host on a network. Unlike, broadcasting or multicasting...
Multicasting is the sending of data across a network to multiple recipients or hosts at the same time across a LAN or WAN. It c...
Token Ring is an earlier technology used in LAN where nodes are arranged in a ring or star topology and data is sent in one direction...
Short for Category 8, Cat 8 is the latest and fastest IEEE copper Ethernet cable standard that supports data transmission speed...
Short for Category 7 Augmented, Cat 7a is an enhanced version of Cat 7 that supports data transmission speeds of up to 40 Gb/s,...
Short for Category 7, Cat 7 is a type of Ethernet cable that supports data transmission speeds of up to 10 Gb/s, frequency speed...
A hybrid topology is the most complex type of network topology. It is a combination of two or more different topologies. For ex...
A point-to-point topology is the simplest type of network topology where two nodes are directly connected to each other. It is...
A tree topology, also known as a star bus topology is a type of network topology that combines the features of star and bus topologies...
A mesh topology, also known as a mesh network, is a type of network topology where each node connects to every other node and c...
A ring topology, also known as a ring network, is a type of network topology where every network device connects to exactly two...
A bus topology, also known as a line topology, is an older type of network topology where all nodes of the network are directly...
A star topology is a type of network topology where every network device has its own cable that connects to a central connection point...
A network topology is the physical or logical structure of a network that defines how its links and nodes are connected with ea...
Short for Category 6 Augmented, Cat 6a is an enhanced version of Cat 6 that supports data transmission speeds of up to 10 Gb/s,...
Short for Category 6, Cat 6 is a type of Ethernet cable that supports data transmission speeds of up to 10 Gb/s and frequency t...
Short for Category 4, Cat 4 is a type of Ethernet cable that supports data transmission speeds of up to 14 Mb/s and frequency t...
ADSL stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line and it is a type of DSL broadband technology that transmits digital signals...
Short for Category 3, Cat 3 is a type of Ethernet cable that supports data transmission speeds of up to 10 Mb/s and frequency t...
Crosstalk is the interference between cables in another circuit or channel, caused by signal transmission issues. It occurs when...
Short for Category 2, Cat 2 is the second-lowest category of Ethernet cable that supports data transmission speeds of up to 4 M...
Short for Category 1, Cat 1 is the lowest category of Ethernet cable that supports frequency transmission speeds of up to 1 Mb/...
Baud, also known as baud rate, is a unit that is used to give a measure of the communication speed over a data channel. It is e...
Multihoming refers to the process of connecting a host to more than one network in order to increase its reliability or perform...
Short for fibre to the cabinet, FTTC is a broadband technology that involves running fibre optic cables from the distribution p...
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