ITM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Novell, Internet Layer, Transmission Control Protocol

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 100
• Professor: Mahmoud Jahani

Document Summary

Networking and communication trends: 2 types of networks: telephone network used for communication. What is a computer network: two or more connected computers, major components in simple network, client and server computers. Corporate networks in large companies: hundreds of local area networks (lans) linked to firmwide corporate network, various powerful servers, web site, corporate intranet, extranet, backend systems, mobile wireless lans (wi-fi netowkrs, videoconferencing system, telephone network, wireless cell phones. Corporate network infrastructure: hundreds of local area networks (lans) linked to firmwide corporate network, various powerful servers, web site, corporate intranet, extranet, backend systems, mobile wireless lan (wifi netoworks, video confecting system, telephone network, wireless cell phone. Communications network: signals: digital versus analog, modem: translates digital signals into analog (and vice versa, types of networks, local-area networks (lans, ethernet system of connecting a number of computer system to forma local area network. Is a network that spans a metropolitan area, usually a city and its major suburbs.