FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

COMMUNICATION WIRELESS COMPUTING DEVICES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A ____ is a LAN that uses no physical wires which requires computers and devices to have built-in wireless capability or the appropriate wireless network card, USB adapter, or other wireless device.
A
wireless LAN (WLAN)
B
wide area network (WAN)
C
local area network (LAN)
D
metropolitan area network (MAN)
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -WLANs-A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a LAN that uses no physical wires. Computers and devices that access a wireless LAN must have built-in wireless capability or the appropriate wireless network card, USB adapter, or other wireless device.

Detailed explanation-2: -A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a LAN that uses no physical wires. Very often, a WLAN com-municates with a wired LAN for access to its resources.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Typically seen in the same types of applications as LANs, these types of networks don’t require that devices rely on physical cables to connect to the network.

Detailed explanation-4: -A router is a device that connects two or more packet-switched networks or subnetworks. It serves two primary functions: managing traffic between these networks by forwarding data packets to their intended IP addresses, and allowing multiple devices to use the same Internet connection.

Detailed explanation-5: -A wireless local-area network (WLAN) is a group of colocated computers or other devices that form a network based on radio transmissions rather than wired connections. A Wi-Fi network is a type of WLAN; anyone connected to Wi-Fi while reading this webpage is using a WLAN.

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