Computing Hardware and Networking - Questions

Computing Hardware and Networking - Questions

1. 1) OCER Theatre will make use of a network in their theatre:

   • (a) Describe the term ‘local area network’
     • LAN is a connection of computers over a small area, e.g. a university campus linking all of its computers together on one network.
   • (b) Define the main function of a server in a network.
     • A server is a computer designed to process requests and deliver data to other (client) computers over a local network or the Internet. .
   • (c) Describe the main function of a web server.
     • It is pretty much a computer but its main function is to store things this; could be anything from database details to webpages or a combination of the two. It then has to respond to requests made to it to serve the correct files requested BUT only to the authorised people.
       • When I type "yahoo.com" into my browser and hit enter my browser sends a request to the Yahoo server for the main page. And then every time I click a link it sends another request for the appropriate page. The Yahoo server allows this.