Know the names of various WAN technologies
            
 ·	ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) 
            
 ·	DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) 
            
 ·	ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) 
            
 ·	The T (US) and E (Europe) Carrier Series: T1, E1, T3, E3, etc. 
            
 ·	SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) 
            
 a printed circuit board that provides network communication capabilities to and from a personal computer
            
 When you select a network card, consider the following three factors:
            
 1.	type of network (for example, Ethernet, Token Ring, or FDDI) 
            
 2.	type of media (for example, twisted-pair, coaxial, or fiber-optic cable) 
            
 3.	type of system bus (for example, PCI or ISA) 
            
 Some of the factors that determine throughput and bandwidth include the following:
            
 ·	type of data being transferred 
            
 ·	power and weather-induced outages
            
 Convert the decimal number 192 to a binary number.
            
 Write down all the remainders, backwards, and you have the binary number 11000000.
            
 Convert the decimal number 192 to a binary number.
            
 Write down all the remainders, backwards, and you have the binary number 11000000.
            
 Bits are binary digits; they are either 0s or 1s
            
 Bandwidth is the measure of how much information can flow from one place to 
            
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