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Double Tap Century #Critical Thinking
Skills
Match the columns.
Column A Column B
1. Mesh Topology a. nodes are connected as branches of a tree
2. Bus Topology b. nodes are connected to a central node
3. Ring Topology c. nodes are connected in a circular path
4. Star Topology d. nodes are connected to a single common path
5. Tree Topology e. node are connected to all the other nodes
NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
The network architecture defines the overall design of the computer network. There are two types of
network architectures.
Peer-to-Peer Network
It is a network of two or more computers that uses the same
type of program to share the data. Each computer is considered
to have equal responsibilities and acts like a server to the other
computers in the network. It works well in small environment.
Client-Server Network
It is a network in which one computer is designated as the server and all the other computers connected
on the network are called the clients. The clients can request for the services from the server. This is
called the client-server network.
Internet
Clients
Server
WIRELESS NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY
In a wireless networking technology, no wires or physical media is used for connecting computers. It
uses electromagnetic waves like infrared, microwave and radio waves for transmission of the data. The
choice of the technology depends on the distance and speed of transmission. There are two types of
wireless technologies named Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
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