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- 1Ring Network
- 2Star Network
- 3Bus Network
- 4LANLocal Area Network
- 5WANWide area network
- 6Extranetan intranet that can be partially accessed by authorized outside users, enabling businesses to exchange information over the Internet in a secure way.
- 7Intraneta local or restricted communications network, especially a private network created using World Wide Web software.
- 8BridgeIn telecommunication networks, a bridge is a product that connects a local area network (LAN) to another local area network that uses the same protocol
- 9SwitchA network switch (also called switching hub, bridging hub, officially MAC bridge) is a computer networking device that connects devices together on a computer network, by using packet switching to receive, process and forward data to the destination device.
- 10GatewayA gateway is a network point that acts as an entrance to another network. On the Internet, a node or stopping point can be either a gateway node or a host (end-point) node. Both the computers of Internet users and the computers that serve pages to users are host nodes.
- 11PeripheralsAnything that is externally plugged into a computer.
- 12RouterA router is a device that forwards data packets along networks. A router is connected to at least two networks, commonly two LANs or WANs or a LAN and its ISP's network. Routers are located at gateways, the places where two or more networks connect.
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