A computer network is a collection of communicating computers and other devices, such as printers and smart phones. In order to communicate, the computers...
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The Network Computer (or NC) was a diskless desktop computer device made by Oracle Corporation from about 1996 to 2000. The devices were designed and manufactured...
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In computer networking, a port is a communication endpoint. At the software level within an operating system, a port is a logical construct that identifies...
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Computer and network surveillance is the monitoring of computer activity and data stored locally on a computer or data being transferred over computer...
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Intergalactic Computer Network or Galactic Network (IGCN) was a computer networking concept similar to today's Internet. J.C.R. Licklider, the first director...
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A wireless network is a computer network that uses wireless data connections between network nodes. Wireless networking allows homes, telecommunications...
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A computer network diagram is a schematic depicting the nodes and connections amongst nodes in a computer network or, more generally, any telecommunications...
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Server (computing) (redirect from Server computer)
A server is a computer that provides information to other computers called "clients" on a computer network. This architecture is called the client–server...
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full operation; or to a group of computers that are linked and function together, such as a computer network or computer cluster. A broad range of industrial...
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Computer network engineering is a technology discipline within engineering that deals with the design, implementation, and management of computer networks...
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Networking hardware, also known as network equipment or computer networking devices, are electronic devices that are required for communication and interaction...
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computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers. It often uses a computer network...
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Communication protocol (redirect from Computer networking protocol)
result in the best and most robust computer networks. The information exchanged between devices through a network or other media is governed by rules...
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Computer network operations (CNO) is a broad term that has both military and civilian application. Conventional wisdom is that information is power, and...
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telephone handset, a printer or a host computer. If a network is a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN), every LAN or WAN node that participates...
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A network host is a computer or other device connected to a computer network. A host may work as a server offering information resources, services, and...
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In computer networking, a reliable protocol is a communication protocol that notifies the sender whether or not the delivery of data to intended recipients...
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The Acorn Network Computer was a network computer (a type of thin client) designed and manufactured by Acorn Computers Ltd. It was the implementation of...
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In computer networking, a flit (flow control unit or flow control digit) is a link-level atomic piece that forms a network packet or stream. The first...
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Interface Message Processor (category Network protocols)
The concept of an interface computer for computer networking was first proposed in 1966 by Donald Davies for the NPL network in England and implemented...
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Computer Networks is a scientific journal of computer and telecommunications networking published by Elsevier. List of scientific journals "Computer Networks...
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In computer networking a work group is a collection of computers connected on a LAN that share the common resources and responsibilities. Workgroup is...
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Internet (redirect from Global computer network)
interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a network of networks that consists...
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Computer network programming involves writing computer programs that enable processes to communicate with each other across a computer network. Very generally...
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information security. It consists of the protection of computer software, systems and networks from threats that can lead to unauthorized information...
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A star network is an implementation of a spoke–hub distribution paradigm in computer networks. In a star network, every host is connected to a central...
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content delivery network and DDoS mitigation company Cloudflare took the rights of the slogan by registering it. "The Network is the Computer" is a slogan...
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network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, campus, or building, and has its network equipment...
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Packet switching (redirect from Packet-switched computer network)
Packet switching is the primary basis for data communications in computer networks worldwide. During the early 1960s, American engineer Paul Baran developed...
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Computing (redirect from Computer technology)
killer applications. A computer network, often simply referred to as a network, is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication...
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