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Three basic components of a network: - ANSWER ✔✔A server,
client, and a circuit.
What is a client? - ANSWER ✔✔Is the inout-output device at the user
end. (I.E. clients computer)
What is a circuit? - ANSWER ✔✔It is the pathway through which a
message (data) travels. Think everything in-between the server and
client, connects them together.
,What is a server? - ANSWER ✔✔Typically servers provide some
service for the clients. (data access, application logic, etc)
Types of networks: - ANSWER ✔✔LAN(local area network) - is a
group of computers located in the same general area.
Backbone Networks - larger, central networks connecting several LANs,
other BNs, and WANs. Typically span 100's of feet to several miles.
WAN(wide area networks)- connect BNs and MANs (metropolitan area
networks). typically span hundreds or thousands of miles.
Intranets- Is a LAN that uses the same technology as the internet but is
only available to those inside the organization
Extranets- Use the same technology as the internet, but provided to
invited users
Two most important network models: - ANSWER ✔✔OSI (open
systems interconnection reference)
, Internet model
Internet Model - ANSWER ✔✔Most commonly used model of the
two. Its the network model that dominates current hardware and
software.
Simple five layer
Collapses the top three layers of the OSI model into one layer. (
application layer, presentation layer, and session layer collapses down
into the application layer.)
Internet Model Layers - ANSWER ✔✔1. Physical Layer
2. Data Link Layer
3. Network Layer
4. Transport Layer
5. Application Layer
OSI Model - ANSWER ✔✔the framework of standards for computer
to computer communications.
replaced by internet model, never caught on.
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