Vocabulary Exercise Chapter 4 Name:

Date: Class:

Cisco Exercises - Semester 1 - Networking Fundamentals

Chapter 4 Electronics and Signals

Define the following terms as completely as you can. Use the online Chapter 4 or the Cisco Systems Networking Academy: First- Year Companion Guide material for help.

Alternating current (AC)

AM (amplitude modulation)

Analog transmission

Attenuation

Circuits

Conductor

Digital signal

Direct current (DC)

Electricity

Electrostatic discharge (ESD)

FM (frequency modulation)

Impedance

Latency

Multimeter

Neutrons

Oscilloscope

PM (phase modulation)

Propagation

Protons

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