Name:

NETWORKS AND CONNECTIVITY KEY WORDS

Fill in the definition of the key words for this topic. You have come across many of them in recent
lessons. If you have your revision guide with you, use the glossary in the back to help. Or use a
reliable source to find a suitable definition – linked to technology/ICT networks not other uses of the
word! You could look at the teacher PowerPoint and these BBC bitesize links may help:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zh4whyc/revision Scroll down and click link to glossary

https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zp9jpv4/revision Scroll down and click link to glossary

KEY WORD DEFINITION

1. Powerline adapter

2. Wireless LAN adaptor

3. Ethernet

4. ADSL

5. Fibre Optic

6. Signal booster

7. Modem

8. Router

9. Switch

10.Latency

11.Bandwidth

12.Mbps
13.Ping rate

14.Firewall

15.Malware

16.Spyware

17.Spam (not the meaty

kind!)
18.Virus

19.WEP/WPA

20.Encryption

21.SSID
 Name:

22.IP address

23.MAC address

24.ISP

25.IP filtering

26.Parental controls

27.Streaming (eg video)

28.Downloading

29.Digital Rights
Management