Draft:Outline of computer networks
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to computer networks:
In computer science, computer engineering, and telecommunications, a network is a group of communicating computers and peripherals known as hosts, which communicate data to other hosts via communication protocols, as facilitated by networking hardware.
What type of things are computer networks?
[edit | edit source]Computer networking can be described as all of the following:
Types of computer networks
[edit | edit source]- Personal area network
- Local area network
- Campus network
- Metropolitan area network
- Wide area network
- Storage area network
- Virtual private network
History of computer networks
[edit | edit source]Data transmission
[edit | edit source]Wired transmission
[edit | edit source]- Public switched telephone network
- Modems and dialup
- Dedicated lines — leased lines
- ISDN
- DSL
- Time-division multiplexing(TDM)
- Packet switching
- Frame relay
- PDH
- Ethernet
- RS-232
- RS-485
- Optical fiber transmission
Wireless transmission
[edit | edit source]Extreme Short range
- Short range
- Medium range
- Long range
Computer network publications
[edit | edit source]Computer network organizations
[edit | edit source]Persons influential in computer networks
[edit | edit source]See also
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References
[edit | edit source]External links
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