COMPUTER NETWORKS & Data Communication

S. J. Jereesha Sebastin
St. Xaviers Catholic College of

COMPUTER NETWORK
A computer network is an interconnection of group of computers.
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Why You Need a Computer Network

Information sharing.

Resource sharing.
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CLASSIFICATIONS
By scale
The primary difference in the networks is the size.

Personal area network (PAN) Campus Area Network (CAN) Local Area Network (LAN) Metropolitan area network (MAN) Wide area network (WAN).

Personal area network (PAN)

Local Area Network (LAN)

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Wide area network (WAN).

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CLASSIFICATIONS
By connection method
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Wireless LAN

Optical fiber & UTP

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Optical fiber

Unshielded Twisted pair

Wireless LAN
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CLASSIFICATIONS By functional relationship (Network

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Architectures)

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CLASSIFICATIONS By network topology Bus network Star network Ring network Mesh network
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Bus , star & ring Network

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Star

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Network Hardware

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Network Interface Card (NIC)

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION

Components of Data Communication

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Network Models
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The OSI Model

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Summary of layers
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THANK YOU