Flashcards
Types of Network
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- 1LAN- Stands for "Local Area Network"
- Covers a small geographical area located on a single site
- All the hardware in the network is owned by the organisation that use it
- Either wired (using Ethernet) and wireless (using Wi-Fi)
- Often found at schools, business and university
- Used to connect various devices e.g. PCs, tablets, smart TVs and printers - 2WAN- Stands for Wide Area Network
- Connects LANs that are in different geographical locations
- Organisations hire infastructure from telecommunications companies
- Connected using fibre or copper telephone lines, satellite links or radio links
- More expensive to set up - 3Client - Server- Managed by a server - clients connect to it
- Files and software stored centrally on server
- Clients send requests to server - server processes request and responds (client-server relationship)
- Servers store user profiles, password and access information
- May request password before fulfilling certain requests or denying requests to users without the right level
- Most uses of internet work on a client-server relationship
- Web browsers are client programs (send requests)
- Web servers fulfil requests for thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of clients - 4Peer - to - Peer networks- All devices are connected directly to each other - are all equal
- Can store files on individual devices and share them with others
- May use a P2P network at home to share files between devices or connect them to printers
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- Year 10 Computing Flashcards on Types of Network, created by Darshan Datta on 16/06/2017.
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