Purposes of Networks
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- Created on: 16-09-21 09:28
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- Purposes of Networks
- LAN
- network over a small area such as an office or a college
- can be small as two devices connected via a cable
- WAN
- wide area network
- works over a large geographical area
- e.g business with sites across the country
- MAN
- metropolitan area network
- large network that spans a metropolitan area or campus
- falls between a WAN and a LAN
- large network that spans a metropolitan area or campus
- metropolitan area network
- PAN
- personal area network
- any system using bluetooth within 10 metres
- can be used to exchange data as well as synchronise devices
- Circuit Switching
- oriented data transmission
- sends data across a fixed connection as a series of bits
- oriented data transmission
- Packet Switching
- connectionless data transmission
- a communication method in which packets are routed around a network
- data is broken into packets that are routed around different areas
- a communication method in which packets are routed around a network
- connectionless data transmission
- a packet is a segment of data sent from one device to another
- TCP
- transmission control protocol
- breaks data into packets
- assigns packet numbers
- breaks data into packets
- transmission control protocol
- LAN
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