COMM-5121EL Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Local Area Network, Wide Area Network, Virtual Private Network
6 Apr 2018
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Telecommunication systems - enable the transmission of data over public or private networks. Network a communications, data exchange, and resource-sharing system created by linking 2 or more computers and establishing standards, or protocols, so that they can work together. Networks range from small two-computer networks to the biggest network of all, the internet. A network provides two principal benefits: the ability to communicate and the ability to share. Wide area network (wan) spans a large geographic area, such as a state, province, or country: connect multiple smaller networks, such as lans or metropolitan area networks. Metropolitan area network (man) a large computer network usually spanning a city. Direct data communication links between a company and its suppliers or customers, or both, have been successfully used to give the company a strategic advantage. Internet service provider (isp) a company that provides individuals, and other companies, access to the.
