Basic Idea of a Network

Basic Idea of a Network


What is a Computer Network?

                                          
Answer: The dictionary defines the word network as “a group or system of interconnected people or things.”Similarly, in computer word, the term network means two or more connected computer that can share resources such as data and application, office machines, an internet connection.

Below figure shows a really basics network made up of only foure host computers  connected,they share resources such as files and even printer hooked up to one of the host. These four host "talk"to each other using a computer language called binary code.which consists of lots of 1s and 0s in specific order.

        


A Basic Network
Fig-A Basic Network





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