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This is another post regarding the just basic overview of computer networking. The detailed part will be available in my coming articles. But before knowing that it is necessary to understand this....
Introduction:
A computer network can be two computers connected.
A computer network can also consist of, and is usually made for, more than two computers:
Network
Characteristics of a Computer Network:
The primary purpose of a computer network is to share resources:
You can play a CD music from one computer while sitting on another computer
You may have a computer that doesn’t have a DVD or BluRay (BD) player. In this case, you can place a movie disc (DVD or BD) on the computer that has the player, and then view the movie on a computer that lacks the player
You may have a computer with a CD/DVD/BD writer or a backup system but the other computer(s) doesn’t (don't) have it. In this case, you can burn discs or make backups on a computer that has one of these but using data from a computer that doesn’t have a disc writer or a backup system
You can connect a printer (or a scanner, or a fax machine) to one computer and let other computers of the network print (or scan, or fax) to that printer (or scanner, or fax machine)
You can place a disc with pictures on one computer and let other computers access those pictures
You can create files and store them in one computer, then access those files from the other computer(s) connected to it
Peer-to-Peer Networking:
Based on their layout (not the physical but the imagined layout, also referred to as topology), there are various types of networks. A network is referred to as peer-to-peer if most computers are similar and run workstation operating systems.
In a peer-to-peer network, each computer holds its files and resources. Other computers can access these resources but a computer that has a particular resource must be turned on for other computers to access the resource it has. For example, if a printer is connected to computer A and computer B wants to printer to that printer, computer A must be turned On.
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