ITM 301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Local Area Network, Campus Network, Red Hat Linux

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 301
• Professor: Franklyn Prescod

Document Summary

Network services the resources a network makes available to its users. Includes applications and the data provided by these applications. Types of applications found on most networks: client-servers, file and print services, communications services. Client computer requests data or a service from a second computer, called the server. List of several popular client-server applications: web service, email services, ftp service, telnet service, remote desktop, remote application. A web browser (client application) requests a web page from a web server (server application); the web server returns the requested data to the client. Smtp is used to se(cid:374)d e(cid:373)ail to a re(cid:272)ipie(cid:374)t"s (cid:373)ail ser(cid:448)er, a(cid:374)d pop3 or imap4 is used by the client to receive the email. File services a ser(cid:448)er"s a(cid:271)ility to share data files a(cid:374)d disk storage spa(cid:272)e. File server a computer that provides file services. Print services- ability to share printers across a network: with one printer, less time is spent on maintenance and management.