Computer Networking

Network Components

Major components of a computer network:

• communication media
• Interconnecting Devices
• Computers
• Networking Software
• Applications

Types of Network

LAN- Local Area Network

A network of computers that are in the same physical location, or that spans a small area such as a building or an office. Software applications and other resources are stored on a file server. Print server enable multiple users to share the same printer.

WAN- Wide Area Network

A network that spans a wide geographical area, there are several types of WANS

• Metropolitan area network(MAN)
• public access network (PAN)
• Value added network (VAN)
• Virtual private network (VPN)

My Reflection about topic

Networking is very important for us now a days because it is being used in all offices, univerties and labs its is method to connect one computer to other so it is an important application of modern sciences it was such an interesting topic to know about the computer network.