BUS 237 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Network Interface Controller, Media Access Control, Optical Fiber

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 237
• Professor: Peter Tingling

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Bus 237 ch6: networks: cases: a, collaboration: 2 or more people work towards a goal with a result greater than they could have individually achieved. Administration privileges usually vary: workflow control: a process by which content is created or edited. Like a business process but it focuses on delivering a good/service internally to other employees. Limits of network effect: congestion can result in the market becoming saturated. Rate of growth may flatten or become negative: network: a collection of computers the send/receive signals through transmission media, transmission media: is the sending of data through, say, fibre optics or over the air, types b. i. Lan: a single area and small group of connections. Apparently lans only reach as far as the property of the owners. Switch: a special purpose computer that receives and transmits messages on the lan. Network interface card (nic): connects the device"s circuitry to the network cable and works with programs to implement the protocols.