Network Characteristics

A computer network is a system of:

• two or more computing devices connected to one another

• Data transfer and information storage

• Sharing devices like scanners

• A whole lot of individual machines working on their own

The capacity of data transfer in a system.

• Bandwidth

• Bitrate

• Latency

• Network

The time it takes for a bit to get from sender to receiver.

• Network

• Latency

• Bandwidth

• Bitrate

What happens when everyone in your house connects to your wireless access point/router with wi-fi enabled devices?

• The network becomes faster.
• The performance is not affected.
• The network becomes slower.

The number of users on a network can affect the network performance

• True

• False

A user goes on a website and it begins to load immediately is an example of...

• High Latency
• Low Latency

A user goes on a website but it takes a long time to load completely and pictures appear slowly, one by one.

• High Bandwidth
• Low Bandwidth

A user goes on a website and it takes a long time to begin loading

• High Latency
• Low Latency

Network performance refers to how well data is transmitted through the network.

• False

• True

This term describes how much data can be transferred over a connection in a given time.

• Transmission media

• Contention ratio

• Bandwidth