Thursday 23 June 2011

COMMUNICATION AND NETWORK

                                                    1)  MODULATION




Its the process of varying some characteristics of periodic wave with an external signal in order to send an information bearing signal over long distance. Also its the process of converting digital signal to analog.

                                                       2) DEMODULATION





Its the process of converting analog signals to digital. The process is for separating the original information or signal from the modulated carrier.

                                                          3) BANDWIDTH




Its a term used to describe how much information can be transmitted over a connection.Its usually given in bits per second (bps).

                  4) TCP/IP (TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL / INTERNET PROTOCOL)




Its a basic communication language or protocol of the internet. It can also be used as a communication protocol in private networks either intranet or extranet.

                                                                  5) NODE




Its a connection point, either a redistribution point or an end point for data transmission.  

                                                         6) CLIENT




Its the requesting program or user in a client or server relationship. It describes the relationship between two computer programs in which one program, the client, makes a service request from another program, the server, fulfills the request.   

                                                           7) SERVER 




Its a computer or software package that provides a specific kind of service to client software running on other computers . For example  a particular piece of software such as WWW server.

                                        8) NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM




Its an operating system that includes special functions for connecting computers and devices into a local-area network(LAN). However its generally reserved for software that enhances a basic operating system by adding networking features.

                                       9) NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR




This are professionals with the responsibility of maintaining a  computer network.The administrator oversees the installation and updates to any software as well as install and maintain any hardware needed to operate the network.

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