Thursday, June 19, 2008

Computer Networks

A computer network is an interconnected group of computers. Networks may be classified by the network layer at which they operate according to basic reference models considered as standards in the industry, such as the five-layer Internet Protocol Suite model. While the seven-layer Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model is better known in academia, the majority of networks use the Internet Protocol Suite (IP).
Computer networks may be classified according to the communications protocol that is being used on the network. See the articles on List of network protocol stacks and List of network protocols for more information. For a development of the foundations of protocol design see Srikant 2004[1] and Meyn 2007[2]
Types of networks:
  • Personal Area Network (PAN)
  • Local Area Network (LAN)
  • Campus Area Network (CAN)
  • Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
  • Wide Area Network (WAN)
  • Global Area Network (GAN)

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