Data Communication Network and Internet PDF
Data Communication Network and Internet PDF
Data:
Data is a collection of information such as alphabets, numbers, or symbols, images, sound,
video.
Basic measurement of data:
8 bit
=1 Byte
1024 Byte
=1 Kilo Byte (KB)
1024 Kilo Byte
=1 Mega Byte (MB)
1024 Mega Byte
=1 Giga Byte (GB)
Different forms of data or Data Representation:
1. Text:
In information technology, text is a human-readable sequence of characters and the
words they form that can be encoded into computer-readable formats such as ASCII.
Eg: raj , raj31, raj$
2. Number: 1-9
3. Images: picture
4. Audio: sound files
5. Video: movies
Data Communication:
Data communication means exchange of data between two devices via some form of
transmission medium such as cable or wire or even wireless
Characteristics Data Communication:
1. Delivery:
The system must deliver the data to the correct designation.
2. Accuracy:
The system must deliver the data accurately.
3. Timeliness:
The system must deliver the data in timely manner. The Data delivered late are
useless.
4. Jitter: jitter refers to the variation in the packets. (when the data passing through
network which has broken in to number of small sections, this section of data are
called packets)
Components of Data Communication:
1. Message:
The message is the information to be communicated. This information can be in the
form of text, number, image, audio and video
2. Sender:
Sender is the device from which data is sent. This device can be a computer, mobile
phone, fax machine, etc..
3. Receiver:
Receiver is the device that receives the message. This device can be a computer,
mobile phone, fax machine, etc..
4. Transmission Medium:
The transmission medium is the physical path by which a message travels from
sender to receiver. Eg: Twisted pair cable, Co-axial cable, Fiber Optical cables, radio
waves, etc
5. Protocol:
A protocol is a set of rules and regulations to be followed while two devices
communicating. Protocol is needed for two devices to communicate, without protocol
they may be connected but not communicating.
Data Transmission: (Data Flow)
Data transmission means flowing of data from one place to other.
Types of Data Transmission
1. Simplex Mode:
The communication can only take
place in one direction and it is not
possible for the receiver to send
data back. An example of simplex
transmission would be data being
sent to an electronic notice board
such as those found in train
stations and airports and Television
remote,etc.
2. Half Duplex Mode:
In this mode data can be
transmitted back & forth between
two stations, but data can only go
in one of the two directions at any
given point of time. Ie. Both ways
but one at the time.. eg: walkieTalkies
Networking:
Networking is the practice of linking two or more devices such as computers, mobile
phones, etc together for the purpose of sharing data. Networks are built with a mix of
computer hardware and computer software.
Network Types:
There are three types of network, they are
A LAN connects network devices over a relatively short distance. A networked office
building, school, or home usually contains a single LAN, though sometimes one
building will contain a few small LANs (perhaps one per room), and occasionally a
LAN will span a group of nearby buildings. The communication speed is from 10
Mbps to 100 Mbps (Mega bits per second)
MAN: (Metropolitan Area Network)
A network spanning a physical area larger than a LAN but smaller than a
WAN, such as a city. A MAN is typically owned and operated by a single
entity such as a government body or large corporation
A WAN spans a large geographic area, such as a state or country. WANs often
connect multiple smaller networks, such as local area networks (LANs) or metro
area networks (MANs). The world's most popular WAN is the Internet.
Network Structure:
1.Peer to Peer Network:
Network Topology:
Topology is the arrangement of computers, cables and connecting devices in a network.
There are four different types of topologies, they are
1. Star Topology:
In this topology, all terminals are connected to a central computer,
(server) or hub. The star topology reduces the chance of network failure
by connecting all of the systems to a central node.
Advantages:
1. Easy to detect faults and to remove parts.
2.There is no possibility of data collision.
3.More computers can be easily added to the network.
Disadvantages:
1. It requires dedicated server. If server fails entire network gets
collapsed.
2.It is more expensive to install.
3.It requires large amount of cable.
2.Bus Topology
In this topology all terminals are connected to common cable called as a bus.
This topology may have problems when two clients want to transmit at the
same time on the same bus. Commonly has a slower data transfer rate than
other topologies.
Advantages:
1. It is not expensive to install.
2. It is easy to expand the network.
Disadvantages:
1. It is difficult to detect cable fault.
2. It does not require dedicated server.
3.Ring Topology:
In this type of network topology all the nodes(computers) are connected in a
circular series of a cable. A ring topology provides only one pathway between
any two nodes, ring networks may be disrupted by the failure of a single link
Advantages:
1. It uses less amount of cable.
2. It gives consistent performance in case of heavy traffic.
Disadvantages:
1. In case of node failure entire network fails.
2. It is very difficult to detect fault.
4.Mesh Topology:
In a mesh topology, each of the network computer and other devices, are
interconnected with one another. Every node not only sends its own signals but also
relays data from other nodes. In fact a true mesh topology is the one where every
node is connected to every other node in the network. This type of topology is very
expensive as there are many redundant connections, thus it is not mostly used in
computer networks.
Advantages:
1) Data can be transmitted from different devices
simultaneously. This topology can withstand high traffic.
2) Even if one of the components fails there is always an
alternative present. So data transfer doesnt get affected.
3) Expansion and modification in topology can be done without
disrupting other nodes.
Disadvantages:
1) Overall cost of this network is way too high as compared to
other
network
topologies.
2) Set-up and maintenance of this topology is very difficult.
Even administration of the network is tough.
Network Media:
1.Wire-Based Media:
a)Twisted pair Cable:
Two insulated copper wires are twisted each other in a helical form.
There are 4 pairs (8 cables) of cable inside the main cable. The cables
are twisted to reduce electro magnetic interference. There are two
Categories, Unshielded twisted pair (UTP) and Shielded Twisted
pair.(STP). The cable can be used in both analog and digital
communication and has low bandwidth and data rate. These cables are
used
in
telephone
system,
private
exchange
and
LAN.
b) Coaxial Cable:
Coaxial cable is an electrical cable with an inner conductor
surrounded by a flexible, tubular insulating layer, surrounded by a
tubular conducting shield. The cable can not have electro magnetic
interface. These cables are used in Television transmission, long
distance
telephone
Communication
and
LAN.
c) Optical Fibers:
A fiber-optic system is similar to the copper wire system that fiberoptics is replacing. The difference is that fiber-optics use light pulses to
transmit information down fiber lines instead of using electronic pulses
to transmit information down copper lines. At one end of the system is
a transmitter. This is the place of origin for information coming on to
fiber-optic lines. The transmitter accepts coded electronic pulse
information coming from copper wire. It then processes and translates
that information into equivalently coded light pulses. A Light-Emitting
Diode (LED) can be used for generating the light pulses.
The cable has high bandwidth and data rate up to 2Gbps.These cables
are used in long distance telephone communication, military
applications WAN and MAN.
2.Wireless Media:
In this type of network, connection is established using high frequency
radio signals, Infrared signals or microwaves. The computers in the network
use a transceiver antenna to transmit and receive information.
Network Hardware:
1.MODEM:
MODEM stands for MODulation and DEModulation. Modem is used to convert the
analog signal into digital and digital signal into analog as the computer does not
understand analog signal, only understands digital (binary) signal.
into
2.HUB:
A hub joins multiple computers together to form a single network segment. On this
network segment, all computers can communicate directly with each other. A hub
contains multiple ports. When a data arrives at one port, it is copied to the other
ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all data. A hub runs in half-duplex
mode, means allowing each machine either to send or receive at any given time.
3.SWITCH:
A networking switch is the central device in a wired or wireless LAN. It receives
signals from each computer on the network cables in a wired network or radio waves
in a wireless network. A networking switch runs in full-duplex mode, meaning a
machine on the LAN can receive and transmit data simultaneously. This is much
faster than a networking hub and another key difference between a switch and a hub
is that the switch sends traffic discriminately, using addresses to direct traffic
packets exactly where they are supposed to go.
4. Bridge:
Network bridges are used to connect two similar networks. It can also be used to
connect two similar network. A bridge reads the address of all the signals it receives
and according to the address, it decides appropriate route for the signal.
5.Router:
Router is a device that forwards data packets along networks. A router is connected
to at least two networks, commonly two LANs or WANs or a MAN and its ISPs
network. Routers are located at gateways, the places where two or more networks
connect. Routers use headers and forwarding tables to determine the best path for
forwarding the packets, and they use protocols to communicate with each other and
configure the best route between any two hosts.
Network Protocols:
A communications protocol is a system of digital message formats and rules for
exchanging those messages in or between computing systems and in
telecommunications. Eg: TCP/IP , HTTP
TCP/IP: (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
TCP is used for transmission of data from an application to the network. When a
message is ready to be sent over the internet, the TCP protocol breaks its up into
small packets. Each packet is then given a header, which contains the destination
address. The packets are then sent individually over the internet. The IP Protocol
guides the packets so that they arrive at the proper destination. Once reached at
destination, the TCP resembles the packets into the original message. (TCP is
responsible for breaking data down into IP packets before they are sent and for
assembling the packets when they arrive). TCP/IP is the basic communication
protocol of the Internet. TCP/IP has four layers.
a.The Application Layer:
The Application layer which provides services directly to the users such
as Email, File transfer etc.
b.The Transport Layer:
The purpose of Transport layer is to permit devices on the source and
destination hosts to carry on a conversation. It verifies correct packet
arrival.
c.The Internet Layer:
Internet layer pack data into data packets known as IP datagram,
which contain source and destination address (IP address) information
that is used to forward the datagram between hosts and destination.
d.The Network Layer:
Internet:
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard
Internet protocol to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that
consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of
local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless and optical
networking technologies.
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iii)
WEBSITE:
A website is
a collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital
assets that are addressed relative to a common Uniform Resource Locator (URL),
often consisting of only the domain name, or the IP address
HTML(Hyper Text Markup language)
Opera
The weblog seems popular because the viewer knows that something changes every day,
there is a personal point-of-view, and, on some sites, there is an opportunity to collaborate
or respond with the Web site and its participants. Weblog analyzes a Web site's access log
and reports the number of visitors, views, hits, most frequently visited pages, and so forth.
DNS (Domain Name System or Domain Name
Server):
Domain Name is an Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses.
Because domain names are alphabetic, they're easier to remember. The Internet
however, is really based on IP addresses. Every time you use a domain name,
therefore, a DNS service must translate the name into the corresponding IP address.
For example, the domain name www.google.com might translate to 198.105.232.4.
Domain Names:
The three or two letter code indicating whether the address is a business (.com), a
non-profit orgination (.org), a branch of the government (.gov), a part of the imltary (.mil),
a college or university (.edu), academic institution (.ac), india (.in), England (.uk), Australia
(.aus) and so on. For end user domain names are in text format because it is easy to
remember but for computers it is in number form(IP Address). The DNS is converting this
text format to number format.
AND:
If you want to search printer and scanners then you should use the
word AND. Now the search engine looks only for pages that include
both terms and ignores pages that include only one of them.
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OR: The search engine looks for pages that include either or both of
the terms
iii)
NOT: The search engine looks for pages that include the term printer,
but do not also include the term scanner. The engine ignores any
pages that include both terms.
c) Meta Search:
Meta search engine is software which can search through many internet
search engines simultaneously. The user search request is sent to number of
search engines like Google, Msn, India times, yahoo, etc. The user can check
the results obtained from the multiple searches and then connect to any web
page he wants.
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LAN
stands for Local Area Network
MAN stands for Metropolitan Area Network
WAN stands for Wild Area Network
TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
P2P
stands for Peer to Peer
KBPS stands for Kilo Bytes Per Second
MBPS stands for Mega Bytes Per Second
ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information
Interchange
STP
stands for Shielded Twisted Pair Cable
UTP
stands for Un shielded Twisted Pair Cable
ARPA stands for Advanced Research Projects Agency
ISDN stands for Integrated Services Digital Network
WWW stands for World Wide Web
ISP
stands for Internet Service Provider
HTML stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
EMAIL stands for Electronic Mail
SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
POP
stands for Post Office Protocol
IP Address
stands for Internet Protocol Address
DNS
stands for Domain Name System or Domain Name Server
URL
stands for Universal Resource Locator or uniform Resource
Locator
a set of rules
b) Browser
d) None of these
b) any character
c)none of these
28. In _________ topology all the nodes are connected with the single cable.
a) Bus
b)ring
b) Star
d)none of these
29. The domain name ____is used for commercial purpose websites.
a)
.edu
b).com
b)
.ind.co.in
d).org
30. In _____ topology all nodes are connected directly to a central
system.
a)
ring
b)star d)
Mesh
d)bus
31. The protocol to fetch E-Mail from a remote mail-box into your computer is
__________
a) POP
b)HTTP
c)FTP
d)HTTP
32. ____________ allows user to search simultaneously on several
search
engines.
a) Server
b) Meta Search Engine
c) Boolean
d) None of these.
33. The protocol which is used to send and receive computer
information is
programs and
a)FTP
b)POP
c)TCP/IP
d)none of these
system.
d)bus
__________
a) The Domain name
C) The Sub Domain
of light.
a)
c)Directory of images
c)
includes routing
information?
a)
d) Presentation Layer
86. Which OSI layer is considered the media access control layer?
a) Data Link Layer d) Presentation Layer b) Transport Layer c) Physical Layer
87. Which OSI layer combines messages and segments into packets?
b) Transport Layer d) Presentation Layer
c) Physical Layer
a) Network Layer
88. Which OSI layer is responsible for the mechanical connection to
a. Physical Layer d) Presentation Layer
the network?
d) Presentation Layer
89. The OSI layer responsible for data compression and encryption is
which layer?
a. Presentation Layer c) Physical Layer d) Application layer
89. TCP functions at what layer of the OSI model?
a) Transport Layer c) Physical Layer d) Presentation Layer
90. HTTP functions at what layer of the OSI model?
a) Application Layer c) Physical Layer d) Presentation Layer
91. IP and IPX are examples of protocols that operate in what layer
of the OSI
model?
a) Network Layer c) Physical Layer d)Presentation Layer
92. The network interface card operates at what layer of the OSI
a) Physical Layer d) Presentation Layer
93. The following is not a protocol
a) TCP
b) IP
c) FTP
d) OSI
c) Application Layer
model?
b) 7
c) 12 d) none of these.
d) Manager
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