HusseinNathanienetworksvocabcycle9-13

My Networks Vocab Page Cycles 9 to 13 On the Internet or other wide area network, a backbone is a set of paths that local or regional networks connect to for long-distance interconnection. The connection points are known as network //nodes// or telecommunication data switching exchanges (DSEs). ||  ||   ||
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 * Cycle 9 || __**Micro-Targeted**__ || Micro-targeting is the use by political parties and election campaigns of direct marketing data mining techniques that involve predictive market segmentation (aka cluster analysis). It is used by United States Republican and Democratic political parties and candidates to track individual voters and identify potential supporters. || **__Power Line Networks__** || Power line networking uses power line communications (PLC) to connect computers using existing power outlets in the home, essentially transforming every electrical outlet in the building into a network connection. Power line networking is one of the cheapest forms of home networking and has a low start-up cost and minimal IT workload. And despite using power outlets it also will not have an adverse effect on home electric bills. Power line networks can transmit phone calls and faxes as well as internet services over regular electrical wiring. || __**Backbone Net**__ || A backbone is a larger transmission line that carries data gathered from smaller lines that interconnect with it.
 * Cycle 10 || **__Digital Signal__** || A digital signal refers to an electrical signal that is converted into a pattern of bits. Unlike an analog signal, which is a continuous signal that contains time-varying quantities, a digital signal has a discrete value at each sampling point. || __**Analog Signal**__ || An analog or analogue signal is any continuous signal for which the time varying feature (variable) of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity, i.e., analogous to another time varying signal. It differs from a digital signal in terms of small fluctuations in the signal, which are meaningful. Analog is usually thought of in an electrical context; however, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and other systems may also convey analog signals. || __**Digital subscriber line (DSL)**__ || Stands for "Digital Subscriber Line." It is medium for transferring data over regular phone lines and can be used to connect to the Internet. However, like a cable modem, a DSL circuit is much faster than a regular phone connection, even though the wires it uses are copper like a typical phone line. ||  ||   ||
 * Cycle 11 || __**Gigabit Ethernet**__ || Gigabit Ethernet (GbE or 1 GigE) is a term describing various technologies for transmitting Ethernet frames at a rate of a gigabit per second, as defined by the IEEE 802.3-2008 standard || __**Cat5 Cables**__ || Category 5 cable is a twisted pair high signal integrity cable type often referred to as Cat5 or Cat-5. Most Category-5 cables are unshielded, relying on the twisted pair design for noise rejection. Category 5 has been superseded by the Category 5e specification. || __**Fiber optic Cables**__ || An optical fiber cable is a cable containing one or more optical fibers. The optical fiber elements are typically individually coated with plastic layers and contained in a protective tube suitable for the environment where the cable will be deployed. ||  ||   ||
 * Cycle 12 || __**Personal Area Network (PAN)**__ || A personal area network (PAN) is a computer network used for communication among computer devices, including telephones and personal digital assistants, in proximity to an individual's body. The devices may or may not belong to the person in question. || __**Drive by downloads**__ || The expression drive-by download is used in three increasingly strict meanings: # Downloads which the user indirectly authorized but without understanding the consequences (eg. by installing an unknown ActiveX component or Java applet). # Any download that happens without knowledge of the user || __**Mafia boy**__ || Calce, a.k.a. Mafia Boy, a high school student from Montereal, Canada, was arrested in 2000 for using downloaded tools to launch a series of highly publicised denial-of-service attacks against high-profile Web sites such as Yahoo!, Dell, eBay, and CNN. The financial impact was estimated at roughly $1.2 billion in global economic damages. || __**Decryption**__ || decoding: the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text; "a secret key or password is required for decryption" ||
 * Cycle 13 || __**Wireless access point**__ || In computer networking, a wireless access point (WAP) is a device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or related standards. The WAP usually connects to a router (via a wired network), and can relay data between the wireless devices (such as computers or printers) and wired devices on the network. || __**Virtual private network (VPL)**__ || A virtual private network (VPN) is a network that uses primarily public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or traveling users access to a central organizational network. || __**Intranet**__ || A local or restricted communications network, esp. a private network created using World Wide Web software ||  ||   ||
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14 || __**i-cloud**__ ||< __**cloud-**__ __**based**__ __**services**__ ||< __**cloud-based systems**__ ||< __**bullet-proof**__ __**cloud-based**__ __**systems**__ ||< __**mobile cloud**__ ||< **__cloud app__** ||< **__cloud portability__** ||< **__CaaS__** ||< __**SaaS**__ ||< __**HaaS**__ ||< __**PaaS**__ ||< __**IaaS**__ ||< __**API's**__ ||< __**share data centre**__ ||< __**social**__ __**system**__ ||
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