MIS 180 Midterm: MIS UNIT EXAM 3 REVIEW

• School: SDSU
• Department: Management Information Systems
• Course: MIS 180
• Professor: George Bonilla

Document Summary

Chapters 7, 8, 9, xhtml, and appendix b: explain the differences between the three primary network types and how a connected world works. Local area network (lan): connects a group of computers in close proximity, such as in an office building, school, or home. Lans allow sharing of files, printers, games, and other resources. A lan also connects to other lans, and to wide area networks. Wide area network (wan): spans a geographic area such as a state, province, or country. Wans often connect multiple smaller networks, such as local area networks or metropolitan area networks. Metropolitan area network (man): a large computer network usually spanning a city. Most colleges, universities, and large companies that span a campus use an infrastructure supported by a man. Network categories (lan, wan, man), network providers (isp, nsp, rsp), Network access technologies (dsl, cable modem, broadband), network.