A computer network is a collection of communicating computers and other devices, such as printers and smart phones. Today almost all computers are connected...

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...

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...

Intergalactic Computer Network or Galactic Network (IGCN) was a computer networking concept similar to today's Internet. J.C.R. Licklider, the first director...

A server is a computer that provides information to other computers called "clients" on a computer network. This architecture is called the client–server...

Computer and network surveillance is the monitoring of computer activity and data stored locally on a computer or data being transferred over computer...

Computer network operations (CNO) is a broad term that has both military and civilian application. Conventional wisdom is that information is power, and...

A wireless network is a computer network that uses wireless data connections between network nodes. Wireless networking allows homes, telecommunications...

A computer network diagram is a schematic depicting the nodes and connections amongst nodes in a computer network or, more generally, any telecommunications...

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...

Computer network engineering is a technology discipline within engineering that deals with the design, implementation, and management of computer networks...

result in the best and most robust computer networks. The information exchanged between devices through a network or other media is governed by rules...

Networking hardware, also known as network equipment or computer networking devices, are electronic devices that are required for communication and interaction...

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...

computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers. It often uses a computer network...

In computer networking, a reliable protocol is a communication protocol that notifies the sender whether or not the delivery of data to intended recipients...

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...

In computer networking a work group is a collection of computers connected on a LAN that share the common resources and responsibilities. Workgroup is...

field of information security. It focuses on protecting computer software, systems and networks from threats that can lead to unauthorized information...

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...

Computer network programming involves writing computer programs that enable processes to communicate with each other across a computer network. Very generally...

killer applications. A computer network, often simply referred to as a network, is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication...

Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was the first wide-area packet-switched network with distributed control and one of the first computer networks to implement...

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...

The Cambridge Ring was an experimental local area network architecture developed at the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge starting in 1974 and...

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)...

network interface controller (NIC, also known as a network interface card, network adapter, LAN adapter and physical network interface) is a computer...

Packet switching is the primary basis for data communications in computer networks worldwide. During the early 1960s, American engineer Paul Baran developed...

(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...

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...