Networks and communication trivia

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• Which network layout connects every device by its own cable to a single central device?Networks and communication
• Which transmission method sends data to every device on the same network at once?Networks and communication
• Which method, used by traditional telephone networks, reserves a dedicated path between two phones for the whole call?Networks and communication
• Which country calling code stands for South Korea when making an international call?Networks and communication
• Who received a telephone patent in 1876 and is widely known as the inventor of the telephone?Networks and communication
• What do we call the technology in which home appliances and sensors connect online and exchange data with each other?Networks and communication
• Which country code domain at the end of a web address stands for South Korea?Networks and communication
• Which service lets you use a local network abroad while keeping your own mobile number?Networks and communication
• What is it called when a video stops playing and makes you wait because data is not arriving in time?Networks and communication
• Who first proposed the World Wide Web at CERN in 1989?Networks and communication
• Most internet data travelling between continents is carried via satellites.Networks and communication
• The internet and the World Wide Web (WWW) are two names for the same thing.Networks and communication
• In an internet plan's '100Mbps', the b stands for byte.Networks and communication
• The IP address 127.0.0.1 refers to your own computer.Networks and communication
• Wi-Fi's 5GHz band is generally faster than the 2.4GHz band but worse at getting through obstacles such as walls.Networks and communication
• Morse code represents letters by combining short signals and long signals.Networks and communication
• Radio broadcasting sends sound over long distances by loading it onto radio waves.Networks and communication
• The more signal bars a smartphone shows, the weaker the signal it is receiving.Networks and communication
• In an email address, the recipient's name comes after the @.Networks and communication
• Data used over Wi-Fi is also deducted from your mobile plan's data allowance.Networks and communication
• Wi-Fi is a wired technology that links devices with a LAN cable.Networks and communication
• Which protocol do a web browser and a web server mainly use to exchange web pages?Networks and communication
• What do we call the small unit data is broken into for sending over a network?Networks and communication
• Which protocol automatically assigns an IP address and other settings to a device joining a network?Networks and communication
• Which protocol encrypts web traffic to cut the risk of eavesdropping and tampering?Networks and communication
• Which technology connects a phone or laptop to the internet wirelessly over a short range?Networks and communication
• What is the human-readable internet address used to find a website?Networks and communication
• Which device chooses the path data takes between different networks?Networks and communication
• Which system finds your current position using satellite signals?Networks and communication
• What signal carries the data in an optical fibre cable?Networks and communication
• Which system translates a domain name into an IP address?Networks and communication
• Optical fibre communication carries data using light.Networks and communication
• DNS is a technology that stores the contents of a website on its behalf and serves them back quickly.Networks and communication
• HTTPS is a method that sends and receives traffic in the clear, without encrypting it.Networks and communication
• TCP is a transport layer protocol that helps data arrive reliably and in order.Networks and communication
• Bandwidth expresses how much data a communication path can carry in a given time.Networks and communication
• A router is a device that stores electricity and supplies it during a power cut.Networks and communication
• An IP address is used to identify a device on a network and to deliver data to it.Networks and communication
• The internet is the name for one giant computer owned by a single company.Networks and communication
• GPS is a system that works out position and time using satellite signals.Networks and communication