Computer networks
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The document discusses computer networks and their history and components. It provides information on how networks have evolved from centralized computers in the 1950s-1970s to interconnected networks spanning the globe. It describes transmission media, networking devices like routers, different network topologies, and communication protocols that govern data exchange. It also discusses network classifications based on transmission technology (broadcast vs point-to-point networks) and scale (LAN, MAN, WAN). Specific network types like LANs, MANs, WANs and the Internet are explained. Additional topics covered include routing, network security techniques like cryptography and firewalls, and applications of networks like email, teleconferencing, manufacturing and financial services.
Computer networks
- 2. Introduction Computer network is an interconnected set of autonomous computers. The term autonomous implies that the computers can function independent of others.
- 3. History In 1950s and 1960 computers were centralize. 1970s, the VLSI technology and microprocessors. The APPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network). Starting with four-node experimental network in 1969, it has subsequently grown into a network several thousand computers spanning half of the globe, from Hawaii to Sweden. In the late 1970s and early 80s another new communication technique known as Local Area Networks (LANs) evolved, which helped computers to communicate at high speed over a small geographical area.
- 8. Communication Protocols A communication protocol is a set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices.
- 9. Network Technologies Classification Based on Transmission Technology • Broadcast networks and • Point-to-point networks Classification based on Scale • Local Area (LAN), • Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) and • Wide Area Networks (WAN).
- 10. Broadcast Networks Broadcast network have a single communication channel that is shared by all the machines on the network.
- 11. Point-to-Point Networks The communication is done through various nodes. The end devices that wish to communicate are called stations The switching devices are called nodes.
- 12. Local Area Networks LAN is usually privately owned and links the devices in a single office, building or campus of up to few kilometers in size. These are used to share resources (may be hardware or software resources) and to exchange information. LAN typically used transmission technology consisting of single cable to which all machines are connected.
- 13. Metropolitan Area Networks MAN is designed to extend over the entire city. It may be a single network as a cable TV network or it may be means of connecting a number of LANs into a larger network so that resources may be shared. For example, a company can use a MAN to connect the LANs in all its offices in a city.
- 14. Wide Area Networks WAN provides long-distance transmission of data, voice, image and information over large geographical areas that may comprise a country, continent or even the whole world. A WAN that is wholly owned and used by a single company is often referred to as enterprise network.
- 15. Internet Internet is a collection of networks or network of networks. Various networks such as LAN and WAN connected through suitable hardware and software to work in a seamless manner. It allows various applications such as e-mail, file transfer, remote log-in, World Wide Web, Multimedia, etc. run across the internet. The basic difference between WAN and Internet is that WAN is owned by a single organization while internet is not so.
- 16. Routing Routing is the act of moving information across an inter-network from a source to a destination. Along the way, at least one intermediate node typically is encountered. It’s also referred to as the process of choosing a path over which to send the packets.
- 17. Network Security Cryptography refers to the tools and techniques used to make messages secure for communication between the participants and make messages immune to attacks by hackers. The message to be sent through an unreliable medium is known as plaintext, which is encrypted before sending over the medium. The encrypted message is known as ciphertext, which is received at the other end of the medium and decrypted to get back the original plaintext message.
- 18. Network Security A firewall system is an electronic security guard and electronic barrier at the same time. It protects and controls the interface between a private network and an insecure public network.
- 19. Applications Electronic mail: Probably it's the most widely used computer network application. Teleconferencing: Teleconferencing allows conference to occur without the participants being in the same place. Manufacturing: Two of them that use network to provide essential services are computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-assisted manufacturing (CAM), both of which allow multiple users to work on a project simultaneously. Financial services: Today's financial services are totally depended on computer networks. Application includes credit history searches, foreign exchange and investment services, and electronic fund transfer, which allow user to transfer money without going into a bank.
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