I am a computer engineering teacher and have to teach a elementary student about networking because he has a vocab test tomorrow

Okay

I will teach you today

Do you know what the computer network is?

No

You are not smart, I will go over all words

Computer network is a group of computers connected together in a way that allows information to be exchanged between the computers

Okay

Packet is a piece of a message transmitted over a packet-switching network.

I thought it was packets in my pants

Be quiet

Local area network is technologies connect many devices that are relatively close to each other, usually in the same building.

Wide area network is technologies connect a smaller number of devices that can be many kilometers apart.

A node is anything that is connected to the network

Since it is anything, I can be a node, right?

No because you are not in a network

So, what is it?

Basically, it is like a computer or cellphone that uses a network

Next word, Media Access Control address is the physical address of any device

IP address is an identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network

Bus topology is for a LAN in which all the nodes are connected to a single cable

Like a school bus?

Kind of

Ring topology is a network configuration in which device connections create a circular data path

Network token is a LAN in which all computers are connected in a ring or star topology and pass on or more logical tokens form host to host

Star topology is for a LAN in which all nodes are individually connected to a central point, like a bub or a switch

Like stars in the sky?

Are you serious? I will call your mom and say you should stop studying computer science if you make a terrible joke again like that

Oh, Lord

Tree topology is a special type of structure in which many connected elements are arranged like the branches of a tree

Protocol is a standard set of rules that allow electronic devices to communicate with each other

Peer-to-peer architecture is a commonly used computer networking architecture in which each workstation, or node, has the same capabilities and responsibilities

Client/server architecture is a computing model in which the server hosts, delivers and manages most of the resources and services to be consumed by the client