A computer network is a collection of communicating computers and other devices, such as printers and smart phones. Today almost all computers are connected...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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field of information security. It focuses on protecting computer software, systems and networks from threats that can lead to unauthorized information...
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In Internet networking, a private network is a computer network that uses a private address space of IP addresses. These addresses are commonly used for...
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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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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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ARPANET (redirect from Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was the first wide-area packet-switched network with distributed control and one of the first computer networks to implement...
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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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The Cambridge Ring was an experimental local area network architecture developed at the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge starting in 1974 and...
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Virtual private network (VPN) is a network architecture for virtually extending a private network (i.e. any computer network which is not the public Internet)...
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network interface controller (NIC, also known as a network interface card, network adapter, LAN adapter and physical network interface) is a computer...
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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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Wireless LAN (redirect from Wireless Local Area Network)
(WLAN) is a wireless computer network that links two or more devices using wireless communication to form a local area network (LAN) within a limited...
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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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