Tuesday, January 15, 2008

*WAN

WAN - Wide Area Network

What is Wide area network?
- A computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area. Typically, a WAN consists of two or more local-area networks (LANs).

*MAN

MAN - Metropolitan Area Network

What is Metropolitan Area Network?
- is a networks that interconnects users with computer resources in a geographic area or region larger than that covered by even a large local area network (LAN) but smaller than the area covered by a wide area network (WAN).

*LAN

LAN - Local Area Network

What is Local Area Network?
-a network which covers a small geographic area like for a home, an office or a building.

Sunday, January 13, 2008

*networking

What are this networking is all about?

Networking means connecting two or more computing devices in order to share information and other resources. Networks are built with a mix of computer hardware and computer software.

Networks are classified:

1. LAN (Local Area Network)
2. MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)
3. WAN (Wide Area Network)

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