Monday, May 21, 2012

Computer Concept


Sambotta High School
Syllabus of Class 10, Sub: Computer Concept
Chapter 7: Networking Principles and Communication


1. What is computer communication?
Ans: Computer communication is engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems or devices.

  1. What is computer network?
Ans: Computer network is a collection of distributed, intelligent machines that share data and information through interconnected lines of communication.

3.What are computer network services?
Ans. Computer network services are the things that a network can do such as:
a.    File services
b.    Print services
c.    Message services
d.    Application services
e.    Database services

4. What is a computing model?
Ans: Computing modes is a design specification for how the nodes on a network interact or communicate.

5.What is a peer-to-peer networking? Explain with example.
Ans: Peer-to-peer networking is a group of computers that function both as a Client and a server.
              Peer-to-peer networks include the function of both service roles in a single machine. It has no central point of control, relying on the peers to perform the various functions for each other. Some of the Peer-to-peer operating systems are MS Windows 95, MS Windows for workgroups, MS Windows NT etc.

6.What is the difference between LAN and WAN?
The main difference between LAN and WAN are:
LAN
a.    Diameter or distance is not more than a few kilometers.
b.    A total data rate of at least several Mbps
c.    Complete ownership by a single organization
d.    Very low error rates
WAN
f.     Span entire countries
g.    Data rate less than  1Mbps(Megabits per seconds)
h.   Owned by multiple organization
i.     Comparatively higher error rates

7.write short note on:
a. Local area network.
Ans: Local Area network is self contained network that spans a small area such as a single building, floor or a room. LANs typically comprise only one transmission media type such as coaxial cable or twisted pair. Comparatively LAN provides high speed communications because LANs use one kind of cable which generally is limited to 5KM or less. LAN hardware gives the system its processing communications, system fault tolerance, and most important connectivity.

b. Metropolitan area network.
Ans: Metropolitan area network is a network that interconnects users with computer resources in a geographic area or region larger than that covered by a large local area network but smaller that the area covered by a WAN. MAN rarely extend beyond 100KM so they have somewhat slower data communication rates than do LANs because of their reliance on unbound media over great distances.

c. Wide area network.
Ans: Wide area network is a telecommunications network, usually used for connecting computers, that spans a wide geographic area. WAN can be used to connect cities, states, or even countries. Typically, it will employ communications circuits such as long-distance telephone wires, microwaves and satellites. The Internet is single largest global wide area network.

d.  Function of gateways
Ans: Gateways is a network device that connects dissimilar networks with different protocols. Gateways are required when network messages travel between two entirely different systems. The gateway need to read the network address, reconfigure the packet protocols from IPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange) to SNA (System Network Architecture), translate the operating software, and in most cases, completely rewrite the data alphabet.


8. What is protocol? Make a list of different protocol.
Ans: Protocol is the set of rules and procedures that govern the transmission of messages over a physical networking medium.
A list of different protocols is given below:
a. Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequence packet exchange (IPX/SPX)
b. Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
c. AppleTalk for Macintosh computers etc.

9.  What is Ethernet?
Ans: Ethernet is a physical and data link layer technology for local Area Network.

10. What is ARC net?
Ans: ARCNet is widely-installed local area network technology that uses a token-bus scheme for managing line sharing among the workstations and other devices connected on the LAN.

11. What is a token? What is token passing protocol?
Ans: A token is a special series of 24-bit packet that travels around a token-ring network.
                        Token passing protocol is a channel access method where a signal called a
    token is passed between nodes that authorize the node to communicate.

12. What is ring topology? Illustrate with figure.
Ans: Ring topology is a circular loop of point-to-point links
     which connects directly through an interface device or drop?
cable. Figure of ring topology is illustrated below:


13. What is hub? What are the benefits of star topology?
Ans: A hub is a device with multiple ports that allow network devices to be connected together.
The benefits of star topology are:
a. Relatively easy to configure
b. Easy to troubleshoot.
c. Media faults are automatically isolated to the failed segment.

14. Make a list of media connecters?
Ans: A list of media connecters are:
a. BNC T-connector for Thin Coaxial Cabling
b. RJ-45 connecter for UTP (Unshielded Twisted pair)

15. What is Internet?
Ans: The Internet is a global network of over a million of smaller heterogeneous (dissimilar) computer networks.

16. Write the full forms of:
a.    UTP: Unshielded Twisted Pair
b.    STP: Shielded Twisted Pair
c.    TCP/IP:  Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol
d.    ARC Net: Attached Resource Computer Network
e.    IPX/SPX: Internetwork Packet Exchange/ Sequence Packet Exchange
f.     NIC: Network Interface card
g.    AM: Amplitude Modulation
h.   PM: Phase Modulation
i.     FM: Frequency Modulation


Chapter: 8
Concept of the Internet

  1. Describe in short about the origin of Internet.
Ans: The Internet originated from an experimental network called ARPANET created in 1969 by the U.S. Department of Defence’s Advanced Research Projects Agency or ARPA.  Later on in 1983, ARPANET split into the MILNET (for military network), which served the defense community and the ARPANET, which served the research and education community. It became a network of networks globally expanded and growing day by day to infinite size of its growth.

  1. What are the components required to connect to the internet.
The components required to connect to the internet are given below:
i.             A computer, a modem and a telephone line.
ii.            Internet access software and Internet application software
iii.           Locate an Internet Service Provider(ISP)

  1. Name any five services provided by Internet.
Any five services provided by Internet are:
i.             World Wide Web(WWW)
ii.            Electronic Mail(e-mail)
iii.           Chat
iv.           Video Conferencing
v.             E-Fax

4. What is video conferencing? Where is it applied?
Ans: video conferencing is the transmission of image/video and speech/audio back and forth between to or more geographically dispersed persons. It is applied for visual communication as a purpose of teaching, learning and face to face conferencing for many purposes.

5. What is chat? What is its advantage?
Ans: Chat is an online interactive communication mechanism that lets people to      make a real time discussion with one or mere people through the Internet. Its advantage is to communicate with each other or online conversations by typing. User can also log into chat rooms to exchange comments and information about the topics addressed on the site.

6. What is an URL? What is the advantage of knowing URL address?
Ans: Uniform Resource Locater (URL) is an address that identifies the location of a Web page on the Internet. The advantage of knowing URL address is to view websites which allows for the item attached to it to be codified and that allows folks using the internet to access the information to the users’ computers.

7. What is TELNET? How can you login your computer from distance? Explain
Ans: TELNET is a protocol that allows user to connect to remote computers (hosts) over a TCP/IP network such as Internet.
                                           We can login our computer from distance by accessing a remote host, after properly connecting and logging into the remote host, the user can enter data, run programs or do any other programs.
             
8.Write the full forms of:
j.     SMTP: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
k.   HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol
l.     WWW: World Wide Web
m. HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
n.   TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol