01:198:110 Lecture 3: Intro to Comp 9.29.15 lecture
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Right to install/use the program on 1 computer. The linking of 2 or more computers so that they can share. Lan (local area network)- within a small area such as a building or a campus. Wan (wide area network)- much larger area such a state or a country. Personal area network (pan)- interconnection of personal digital devices. Neighborhood area network (nan)- connectivity spread over several buildings. Metropolitan area network (man)- public high-speed network with range of about. Collision the corruption of network data caused by 2 workstations transmitting at the same time. The arrangement of nodes in a network is referred to as its physical topology. Route packets to nodes on the same network. Packet switching: data is broken down into packets and sent over shared routes at the same time. Asynchronous communication: does not all occur at the same time. Real time- occurring at the same time examples: chat room. Internal devices (expansions cards)/ nic network interface card.