By : Fiona Minear

NETWORK

What is a networks ?

A network is a group of two or more computer systems linked

together.

TYPES OF NETWORKS

• There are 3 types of networks the star, bus and ring.

How does a network

workmany networks

connect together in many different ways to form the single thing that we know as the

Internet

What makes up a network

• A network typically includes four things.

• Protocol: a set of communication rules to make sure that everyone speaks the same language.

• Network interface cards :cards that plug into the back of your computers and lets them send and receive messages from other computers

• Cable: to connect all of the computers together

• Hub : hardware that causes traffic control

What are the advantages of a

computer network

.Computer networks send stuff from one computer to another

Classification

• no two networks are alike.. A given network can be characterized by its.

• Size: the size of the network

• Security and access :who can access the network and how the access is controlled

• Protocol: the rules of communication

• Hardware: the types of physical links and hardware that connect the network Size regarding size,

Source

• http://www.howstuffworks.com/internet-infrastructure.ht

• http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/N/network.html

• http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/networks/page4774.cfm