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LANs and WANs
- LANs (local area network) consists of a number of computing devices on a single site/building all connected by wires. LANs can transmit data very fast but only over a short distance
- The Internet is comprised of millions of LANs and this is the largest WAN. A WAN is generally defined to be one that relies on third party carriers or connectors. They tend to be over a large area even across continents.
Pros Allows sharing of resources such as disk drives
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- AS level Computing Mind Map on Networking, created by Niall Darmody on 23/03/2018.
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