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Computer Network Terms Bandwidth - the rated throughput capacity of a given network media or protocol. The amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time. Backbone - A high-speed link joining together several networks. Bit – A unit of information having just two possible values, as either of the binary digits 0 or 1. Byte - a series of consecutive binary digits that are operated upon as a unit. There are 8 bits in a byte. Category 5 (cat 5) cable -A type of twisted pair network wiring in which there is a certain number of twists per foot. It is the most commonly used network cabling. Coaxial Cable - A type of cable consisting of two insulating layers and two conductors most commonly used in older networks. Collision - An attempt by two devices to transmit over the network at the same time usually resulting in the data being lost. DNS (Domain Name System) – an internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. Dynamic DNS - A method of keeping a do
Error Accessing Windows Installer When you are trying to install, uninstall or repair a program, you may receive an error that says Windows Installer could not be accessed and that the Windows Installer files are missing damaged or have become unregistered. Here are couple of things to try: Re-register the Windows Installer components. 1. Open My Computer or Windows Explorer2. Browse to the Windows\System32 folder and make sure that the application file msiexec.exe is there. 3. Start the Registry Editor. Click on Start, Run, type in regedit and click Ok.4. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSIServer. 5. Select MSIServer, then make sure the value ImagePath contains C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe /V 6. Restart your computer in Safe Mode. Click on Start, then Run and type msiexec /regserver and click Ok. 7. Restart the computer. If that doesn’t work then you can try to reinstall the Windows Installer. Download and install the latest version of the Windows Instal