Skip to main content Skip to navigation

Department of Computer Science

Questionnaire Set #3

41. Describe the differences between gateway and modem.
.
42. Describe the differences between infrared and microwave.
.
43. Compare between optical fibre and twisted pair.
.
44. Compare between internet layer and transport layer.
.
45. Compare between passive attacks and active attacks.
.
46. With regards to network hardware, explain the difference between bridge and brouter.
.
47. With regards to multiplexing, explain the difference between circuit mode and statistical multiplexing.
.
48. With regards to public key cryptography, explain the difference between digital signature and public key encryption.
.
49. Differentiate between DNS and DHCP.
.
50. Differentiate between FTP and HTTP.
.
51. Differentiate between media access control and medium access control.
.
52. What is the difference between netbios and b-a-cnet?
.
53. What is the difference between bandwidth and throughput?
.
54. What is the difference between cmac and hmac?.
.
55. How does packet differ from routing?
.
56. How does flow control differ from error control?
.
57. How does distance vector routing differ from edge router?.
.
58. Describe the differences between Ethernet hub and multiport hub.
.
59. Describe the differences between active gateway and bidirectional gateway.
.
60. Describe the differences between cat-3 and cat-5.
.
Privacy notice
This form is anonymous. No data which personally identifies you is collected on the form, and the data you provide is used solely to help us improve the delivery of our courses.

The University of Warwick is the Data Controller of any information you have entered on this form and is committed to protecting the rights of individuals in line with Data Protection Legislation. The University's Data Protection webpages provide further information on your rights and how the University processes personal data. If you wish to submit a data subjects rights request, make a complaint or report a suspected personal data breach, please contact the University’s Data Protection Officer by email at infocompliance@warwick.ac.uk.

Spam prevention

Failure to load reCAPTCHA

reCAPTCHA is a utility used to verify you're not a robot filling out this form. Unfortunately this has failed to load correctly.

Please try reloading the page. If the problem persists, or if you are in a country which blocks Google products, please contact us by using the ‘page contact’ link at the foot of this page.

Page 3 of 4