All About Computer Networks
Computers have been an integral part of many businesses' operations over the years. All businesses require the services of computer support, maintenance and installation. The number of computers required to run a business grows. To ensure that computers work efficiently, it is important to have a system for connecting them. Computers are interconnected in many ways. This is the concept behind a computer network. What is a computer network? A computer network is a collection of computers that are connected to each other in order to share resources. Internet is the most commonly shared resource. Other resources include printers and file servers. The network computers can be connected wirelessly via radio waves or Ethernet cables. We will now see how individual computers within a network are connected. Nodes are computers that are connected to a network. Star Topology: This is because there is a central point from which all connections to computers are made. This means that even if a...