Networking

What is Networking

A Group of two or more computers linked together is called a network. We have different types of computer networks as per their nature of work, connectivity design, and area of coverage.

Types of Network:

LAN (Local Area Network) - 

In this type of network, computers are connected with each other locally means they are placed geographically close to each other it could be a floor of a building or a building. Click for more detail...

WAN (WIDE AREA NETWORK) -

Computers are widely separated and connected by telephone lines or radio waves. It covers a relatively larger geographical area or you can say that It spread around the Word.

CAN (Campus Area Network) -

Computers are located in a limited geographic area, for example, on a campus. It could be a single building or buildings of the same campus location at the same place near to each other.

MAN (Metropolitan Area Network) - 

A data transmission network is dedicated to a city or city.

Han (Home Area Network) - 

A network in a user's home that connects a person's digital devices.

Computer Network

There are some other characteristics on basis of them we can categorize different types of networks:

On the basis of Topology – 

It is the physical and virtual arrangement of computers and other network-based devices like printers, scanners, etc. Some of the names of different Networks on basis of their topology are Bus Topology, Star Topology, Ring Topology.

Protocol – 

Network types can also be differentiated on the basis of protocol that is used in it, a most popular protocol is Ethernet, and the network called Ethernet Network another protocol that is used for computers is token-ring and as per its name, the network is called token-ring network or token-ring topology.

Architecture – 

On basis of network architecture, the network could classify as a peer-to-peer network or client/server network.

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