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Bandwidth

Frequencyofelectronicwavelength

Sizeoftheinternet
connection.Therangeof
frequencieswithinagiven
wavebandusedfor
transmission.

Thebandwidthusedbythe
districtmustbesufficienttoallow
forhighusageduringstate
testing

Throttle

Deviceforchangingspeed

Internetconnectivityiseither
spedupordownto
accommodateusage

TheISPhadtothrottlethe
bandwidthduetotoomanyusers
ontheweb.

LAN

Landaccessnetwork

LocalAreaConnection

TheLANallowedtheentire
campustoaccesstechnology
fromtheirclassrooms.

WLAN

Widelandaccessnetwork

WirelessAreaConnection

ManypeopleutilizeWLAN
connectionsintheirhouseholds
toenablethemtoutilizemultiple
laptops,tablets,orphones.

IDF

Abbreviationforindividualdiction
frequency

IntermediateDistributionor
DataFrame

AnIDFisconnectedtotheMain
DataFrame.Itreceivessignal
andchannelssignalfromthe
MDF.

MDF

Abbreviationformanydivided
frequencies

MainDataFrame

TheMDFconnectsoutsidelines
comingintoabuildingtothe
internallineswithinthebuilding.

POE

Pointofentry

PoweroverEthernetisa
powerdevicethatdelivers
powerdevicesnotplugged
intoanACoutlook.

ThankstoPOEwecaninstall
surveillancecamerasandaccess
pointsawayfromanACoutlet.

Switch

Deviceforturningsomethingon

Amechanicalorelectronic
devicethatdirectstheflowof
electricaloropticalsignalsfrom
onesidetotheother.

Theswitchwasusedtoturnthe
computersonoroffinthe
computerlab.

Dongle

Acordtoconnecttoanipad

anysmallmodulethatplugsin
Theadapterdonglewasusedto
toasocketforexample,USB
converttheHDMIoutlettoaVGA
flashmemorydrivesandother
outlet.
USBdevicessuchasawireless
mouseorHDMIcord.

WAP

Wideaccessprotocol

WirelessApplicationProtocol
Astandardforprovidingcell
phones,pagersandother
handheldswithsecureaccess
toemailandtextbasedWeb
pages.

Thewirelessapplicationprotocol
allowscustomersatStarbucksto
accesstheinternetquicklyand
safelywhileenjoyingtheircoffee.

8.02.11a,b/g/n,ac

Codesusedtoprogramcomputers

Wirelessstandardsthat
governtheuseofwireless
LANtechnology

8.02.11provides1or2Mbps
transmissioninthe2.4GHzband
towirelessusers.

mbps

Megabitespersecond

Onemillionbitsorbytesper

Weupgradedourinternetplanto
morembps,sothatwecould
haveafasterconnection.

second.Mbpsisa
measurementofdatatransfer
ornetworktransmissionspeed.

gbps

Gigabitespersecond

Onebillionbitsorbytesper
second.Gbpsisa
measurementofdatatransfer
ornetworktransmissionspeed

Gigabitesare1000timesbigger
thanthanmegabites.

CAT5,6

Californiaachievementtestfor
grades5and6

Twocategoriesofethernet
cables.

CAT6cablesrun10gpbs,while
CAT5run1gbps.

URL

Universal______Location

Theaddressthatdefinesthe
routetoafileonanInternet
server.Universalresource
locator.

Theurlforaparticularsiteis
typedintothewebbrowserto
accessit.

Hyperlink

LinkthatconnectsyoutoawebsiteS Apredeterminedlinkbetween
onepieceofdataand
another.

WhenIclickedonthethe
hyperlinkittransferredmetothe
dataIwaslookingfor.

domainname/suffix

Nameofaparticularsitelocation

ThedomainnameforStanislaus

Anorganization'sunique

nameontheinternet.Itis
followedbyasuffixsuchas
.comor.org

CountyOfficeofEducationis
stancoe.org.

Devices

Electronicnetworkingtools

Differenttypesof
technologicaltoolssuchas
cellphones,tablets,laptops.

Today,manydifferenttypesof
techdevicescanbefoundin
homes.

Cloud

Storagespaceinthesky

Theinternetisoftenreferred
toasthecloud.Itcanrefer
toanycommunications
networkservicethatis
providesstorageonthe
internet.

Irecentlysubscribedtothe
VerizonCloudtostoremydata.

Server

Locationofyourdomain

Acomputersystemina
networkthatissharedby
multipleusers.

Thoughmyclassroomis
integratedinanotherdistricts
schoolsite,Iaccesstheweb
throughSCOEsserver.