networking
gateway
A Network
A hub is 10 year old hardware technology used to connect more that one computer together (people use switches now, switches auto detect speeds). You usually use a router to connect to the internet
For computers its mother board or more politically correct system board. For electronics in general its the integrated circuit(IC).
Yes.
With more and more learning needing a computer to do the learning then more and more students need to have or buy a computer. Some of the private education schools say that they will allow students to start studying at some levels unless the student buys a particular brand of computer. This becomes confusing when the recommended brand of computer cannot connect to the schools computer but other brands do connect.
Yes.
No. No, but a console might do that in the future for more popularity.
Network
To connect a Garmin eTrex to a computer you may need an adaptor which then allows you to connect the Garmin to computer via serial to usb. Though, this is not the only way, it is highly recommended if you have a more modern computer that no longer or is unable to support Garmin compatibility. These adapters can be found on amazon. The rest is self explanatory.
Well an IP phone is more commonly called a VoIP phone Voice over IP Basically the idea is connect to your telephone as you would connect to your computer. Connecting to an IP phone can be done in the same way that one computer connects to another computer. This means you can connect to an IP phone without the use of a traditional telephone operator. In theory, you can save a lot of money using an IP phone.
your probably gonna have to look it up a bit more but you need to bridge them together depending on what your running.