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The first year of Cambridge Assessment International Examination (CAIE). These series of Notes are comprehensive, Detailed, Summarized and Easy to Understand. Students finds it very helpful as they prepare for examination. A lot of resources and research have been put together to develop this summary. So it's not restricted to the traditional text book. We have taken the pain to take the work off you. What you just need to do is to relax and go through the slides/pdf as everything has been broken down in simple terms for you to understand. Let's GO!!!:) SUMMARY CHAPTER 6: USING NETWORKS (A level IT 9626) What to expect and what you will be getting: Complete and in-depth slide presentation on (A level IT 9626): Using networks Network types • discuss the advantages and disadvantages of networking computers • compare the characteristics of a local area network (LAN) with a wide area network (WAN) • describe client-server and peer-to-peer networks • describe the characteristics and purpose of virtual private networks (VPN) • discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different network types (including: client-server, peer-to-peer, VPN) • describe the characteristics and purpose of intranets and extranets • describe the characteristics and purposes of the internet • define the term the internet • describe how the internet is used for communication (including: IM, VOIP and news services) • discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using the internet • define the term World Wide Web • discuss the difference between the internet and the World Wide Web • discuss the advantages and disadvantages of mobile networks Also, we would go ahead and look at: Video and web conferencing • describe how to set up a video-conference • describe how to set up a web-conference • describe the use of networks in video and web-conferencing (including: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), LAN, WAN, VPN, 802.11 a/b/g/n (wireless), Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Lines (ADSL), Synchronous Digital Subscriber Lines (SDSL), 3G/4G mobile networks) • discuss the impact of video-conferencing on society (including: the general public, legislation, education, medicine, business, media) • describe how data is transmitted and converted in a video-conference (including: use of codecs)

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Objectives Using Networks
• understand the
advantages and
disadvantages of
Networking computer
networking computers

• be able to define the
terms internet and World
Wide Web and discuss
KEY TERMS
the difference between
the two

• understand how to set up • Network: a set of computers and devices
a video and a web connected together so they can communicate a
conference and describe
how they use networks share resources
• be able to describe how
data is transmitted in a
video conference • Network architecture: the design of a network

A LEVEL ICT 20-Aug-20 MR

,Objectives
Basic Terms
• understand the
advantages and • A single computer is known as a stand-alone comp
disadvantages of
networking computers

• be able to define the • When we connect stand-alone computers togethe
terms internet and World
Wide Web and discuss create a network.
the difference between
the two

• understand how to set up • The way a network is designed is called its architec
a video and a web
conference and describe
how they use networks

• be able to describe how
data is transmitted in a
video conference


A LEVEL ICT 20-Aug-20 MR

, Local area networks (LANs) and wide area
Objectives networks (WANs)
• understand the
advantages and
disadvantages of We can describe a network by its geographical and phys
networking computers
architecture.
• be able to define the
terms internet and World
Wide Web and discuss This creates two categories of network:
the difference between
the two
• Local area network (LAN): a network that covers a smal
• understand how to set up geographical area
a video and a web
conference and describe
how they use networks
• Wide area network (WAN): a network that covers a larg
• be able to describe how geographical area
data is transmitted in a
video conference


A LEVEL ICT 20-Aug-20 MR

, Objectives

• understand the
advantages and
disadvantages of
networking computers

• be able to define the
terms internet and World ANY QUESTIONS?
Wide Web and discuss
the difference between
the two

• understand how to set up
a video and a web
conference and describe
how they use networks

• be able to describe how
data is transmitted in a
video conference


A LEVEL ICT 20-Aug-20 MR
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