Computer Professional English (iv)
The first part: basic words
Interconnect VT makes links to each other
Active adj Active, active
Passive adj Passive
Strengthen v strengthens, consolidates
Multiport N Multi-port
Segment n segment, section, fragment
Detect VT detected, found
Switch N Switches
Frame n frames, picture, frame
Protocol N Protocol
Sublayer n sublayer, lower layer
Router N Routers
Internetwork N Mesh Room
Filter n filter, filtering VT filter
Reach VT reached, reached
Redundant adj redundant, redundant
Forward VT Forward, forwarded
Manually adv with hand
Traffic n Traffic, traffic
Hop v Jump
Gateway N Gateways
Brouter N Bridge
Default n defaults, default value
Destine VT Doomed, scheduled
Card N Cards
Adapter N Adapter
Wireless Adj Wireless
Driver n Drives, drivers
Crucial adj is vital.
Encode VT Code
Decode VT decoding
Implement n Tools, implements VT implementation, realizes
Binary adj binary binary, binary
Encapsulation N Package, package
Encapsulate v Package, package
Voltage n voltage, number of Volts
Pulse N Pulses
Buffer N Buffer
Serial adj Serial
Bit n bit, bit
Mechanism n mechanism
Modem N Modems
Modulate VT (signal) modulation
demodulate VT demodulation
Signaling N Signal
Transceiver N Transceiver
Broadcast N&V Broadcast
Surrounding n Environment adj around
Mixture N Mixtures
Immunity N Immunity
Firewall N Firewall
Forbidden adj forbidden, strictly forbidden.
Enforcement N execution, forcing
Privilege n Privileges, special treatment VT gives ... Privilege, special exemption
Overlap V with ... to overlap with. Overlapping
Part II: Basic phrases
Twisted pair twisted pair cable
Fiber optic optical Cable, optical fiber
Active Hub-Active hub
Thin Ethernet network thin wire Ethernet, thin Ethernet
Token Ring Network
Logical bus topology logical bus topology
Logical ring topology Logical ring topology
Physical Star Physical star
Network layer
routing Table routing tables
Mesh Topology Mesh topology
Routable protocol routable Protocol
Static Router Stationary router
Dynamic Router Dynamics router
Packet-switching network packet switching networks
Telephone Cabling Telephone Line
Parallel port Parallel interface
Transport Layer Transport layers
Access points, access points
Wired Ethernet Network Wired Ethernet
Analog signal analog signal
Digital signal Signal
Thick Coax Coarse coaxial cable
Stateful Firewall State firewall
Stateless firewall non-stateful firewall
RJ (refistered Jack) registered sockets
Coax (Coaxial Cable) Coaxial cable
UTP (unshielded Twisted paired) unshielded twisted pair
OSI (open System Interconnect) Open Systems interconnect
LAN (local area network) LAN
SMTP (Easy Mail Transfer protocal) Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
NIC (network Interface card) LAN interface cards, NIC
ISDN (intergrated Services Digital Network)
Kbps (kilobits per second) kilobits per second
Mbps (megabytes per second) Mbit/s
NT (network termination) Web Terminal
WAP (Wireless access point) wireless access points
ATM (asynchronous Transfer mode) Asynchronous transfer modes
Computer Professional English (iv)