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Networking Basics - Networking Devices

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
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Network Interface Card (NIC)

Back (Answer)

Computer hardware component designed to allow computers to communicate over a computer network

#2
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Link Light

Back (Answer)

LED light on a network device that indicates network activity

#3
Front (Question)

Hub

Back (Answer)

Physical Layer multiport repeater

#4
Front (Question)

Repeater

Back (Answer)

Physical Layer device that retransmits all incoming signals out to all ports

#5
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Bridge

Back (Answer)

2-port Data Link Layer device that forwards frames based on MAC addressees

#6
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Switch

Back (Answer)

Multiport Data Link Layer device that forwards frames based on MAC addresses

#7
Front (Question)

Food

Back (Answer)

Transmission of data out all switch ports when the location of the destination MAC address is unknown

#8
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Unmanaged Switch

Back (Answer)

Switch with minimal functionality appropriate for SOHO installations

#9
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Managed Switch

Back (Answer)

Switch with complex functionality appropriate for large enterprise installations

#10
Front (Question)

Enterprise

Back (Answer)

Company, business, or organization

#11
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Router

Back (Answer)

Network Layer device used to connect different networks together

#12
Front (Question)

Internetwork

Back (Answer)

Network linked separate networks together

#13
Front (Question)

Internetworking Operating Systems (IOS)

Back (Answer)

Cisco proprietary operating system for switches & routers

#14
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Layer 3 Switch

Back (Answer)

Router

#15
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Access Point

Back (Answer)

Device that permits wireless devices to connect to a network

#16
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Modulate

Back (Answer)

To vary the amplitude, frequency, / phrase of a carrier wave in proportion to a source wave

#17
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Media Access Control Protocol

Back (Answer)

Set of rules that enables multiple devices to share the physical medium of a network

#18
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Carrier-Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA)

Back (Answer)

Media access control protocol for Wi-Fi networks

#19
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Throughput

Back (Answer)

Rate in which data are transferred through a system

#20
Front (Question)

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

Back (Answer)

Protocol that computers use to decide on 1 IP address to use for dynamic IP addressing

#21
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Scpoe

Back (Answer)

Range of IP addresses

#22
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Domain Name Service (DNS)

Back (Answer)

Server that resolved host names into IP addresses

#23
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Encryption

Back (Answer)

Process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, passwords

#24
Front (Question)

Encryption Gateway

Back (Answer)

Network device dedicated to encrypting data