ADM 2372 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Management Information System, Communications Protocol, Private Network

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 2372
• Professor: Morad Benyoucef

Document Summary

Telecommunication system: enable the transmission of data over public or private networks. Networks: a communications, data exchange, and resource-sharing system created by linking two or more computers and establishing standards, or protocols, so that they can work together. A system created by linking two or more computers, and establishing standards, or protocols (e. g. , tcp/ip), so that they can work together. Businesses around the world are moving toward network infrastructure solutions that allow greater choice in how they go to market - solutions with global reach. Networks range from small two-computer networks to the biggest network of all, the internet. The internet is a public global communications network that provides direct connectivity to anyone. Over a lan via an isp or. Networks provide two principal benefits: the ability to communicate, the ability to share. Local area network (lan): designed to connect a group of computers in close proximity to each other as in an office building, a school, or a home.