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Cisco Exercises - Semester 1 - Networking Fundamentals

Chapter 1 Computer Basics

1. What are the major components of a PC?

2. What is the information flow in an idealized computer?

3. What is the relationship of NICs to PCs?

4. Compare PC components with laptop components.

5. What is data throughput and how does it relate to digital bandwidth?

6. Why are there different bandwidths?

7. What units measure the quantity of information?

8. How do binary numbers represent alphanumeric data?

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