Computer Network
Computer networking is connecting a computer with other computers or other devices to enable them to communicate with each other, between
– Computer devices/equipments
– transmission media to send/control data/signals,
– Communication devices to transmit/send data from sources to destinations
– softwares
Definition
- A collection of computers and other hardware devices that are connected together to share hardware, software, and data as well as to communicate with one another
Types of Networking
• LAN – Local Area Network
• WAN - Wide Area Network
• MAN - Metropolitan Area Network
Network Components
•Terminals, Workstations, Computers, and other devices (end nodes)
•Transmission Media ( for transmitting data and control signals)
•Software to control data transmission
•Network electronics (intermediate devices for routing data from source to destination)
•Network Architecture Standards (Standards to enable devices made by different companies to work/communicate with each others)
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