A GLIMPSE OF NETWORK BASICS: PART 1
BEFORE WE START
DETAILED THEORY OF NETWORKING,HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE WORD “NETWORK” IN YOUR
DAILY ROUTINED LIFE. SOMWHERE OR THE OTHER YOU MUST HAVE HEARD IT AND
DEFINITELY TRIED TO FIND ITS MEANING AND USAGE.
IF WE CONSIDER IN LAYMAN TERMS, NETWORKING HAS VARIOUS
MEANINGS VARYING AS PER SITUATION.
TODAY WE HAVE NUMEROUS
EXAMPLES OF NETWORK AROUND US:
NETWORK OF ROADS
NETWORK OF RAILROADS
NETWORK OF CHANNELS
NETWORK OF PEOPLE
NETWORK OF BUSINESS
ORGANIZATIONS
ELECTRONIIC MEDIA NETWORK
AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL,
COMPUTER NETWORK WHICH
HELPS IN WIDESPREADING ALL THE ABOVE NETWORKS.
YOU MAY HAVE WATCHED
THE SCI-FI MOVIES LIKE EAGLE EYE, MATRIX, TERMINATOR SERIESWHICH REPRESENTS A
VAST AND POWERFUL COMPUTER NETWORK ENSLAVING HUMANS,MAKING ROBOTS OR SPYING
THREATS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY THROUGH ELECTRONIC NETWORKS.
THESE FICTION MOVIES
HAVE ALWAYS SHOWN THE BAD IMPACT OF
COMPUTER NETWORKS. BUT THE REALITY IS JUST OPPOSITE. COMPUTER NETWORKS ARE THE
EASIEST AND FLEXIBLE WAYS OF COMMUNICATING, INTERACTING, EXCHANGING AND SHARING
INFORMATION AMONG COMPUTERS ON DIFFERENT NETWORKS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
WORLD.
NOW YOU MUST BE CURIOUS
TO KNOW WHAT A COMPUTER NETWORK IS REALLY AND WHAT ARE ITS PRACTICAL APPLICATONS
IN OUR DAY TO DAY LIVES?
COMPUTER NETWORK:
A COMPUTER NETWORK IS A
COMMUNICATION NETWORK THAT ENABLES SHARING OF INFORMATION AND RESOURCES. NODES
IN A NETWORK ARE CONNECTED WITH EACH OTHER USING EITHER CABLES OR WIRELESS
CONNECTIONS AND USE SYSTEM OF DIGITAL RULES FOR DATA EXCHANGE.
DATA IS TRANFERRED IN
THE FORM OF PACKETS i.e. DATA IS NOT SENT AS A WHOLE, IT IS BROKEN INTO PARTS
CALLED PACKETS WHICH IS FORMATTED TO MAKE IT TRANSFERRABLE AND THEN SENT TO TIS
DESTINATION.
THE BIGGEST NETWORK OF
PUR GLOBE IS “THE INTERNET”. IT IS LIKE A SPIDERS WEB LINKED EVERYWHERE AND CAN
ACESS ANYTHING ANYTIME.
THIS WAS JUST A SIMPLE
DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS A NETWORK . IN THE NEXT PART WE ARE GOING TO COVER
DETAILED ASPECTS OF COMPUTER NETWORK.
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CETPA Infotech Pvt. Ltd.,Roorkee.
Address:200, Purvawali, Above LIC,
Railway Road,ganeshpur,Roorkee.
Office Mobile No: +91-1332-270218 ,+91-9219602769.
Toll Free Number: 1800-8333-999 (From any network).
Email: roorkee@cetpainfotech.com
Website: http://www.cetpainfotech.com
