ITM 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Wireless Security, Wi-Fi, Mobile Advertising

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 100
• Professor: Ron Babin

Document Summary

Itm100 chapter 12 networks, telecommunications and mobile technology. Telecommunication systems enable the transmission of data over public or private network. Network is a communications, data exchange, and resource-sharing system created by linking two or more computers and establishing standards, or protocols so that they can work together. Local area network (lan) designed to connect a group of computer in close proximity to each other such as in an office building, a school or home. Useful for sharing files, printers, games or other apps. Wide area network (wan) spans a large geographic area, such as a state, province, or country. Wans often connect multiple smaller networks such as lans or mans. Metropolitan area (man) large computer network spanning a city. Voice over ip (voip) use tcp/ip technology to transmit voice calls over long distance telephone lines. Virtual private network (vpn) is a way to use the public telecommunication infrastructure (ex. Internet) to provide secure access to an organizations network. (unsecure)