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Computer Networks

A computer network connects multiple computers together allowing for sharing of resources and information between nodes. Early computer networks included ARPANET and NSFNET. Networks can be connected using either guided media like twisted pair cable, coaxial cable, and fiber optic cable or unguided wireless media like infrared, microwave, and radio waves. Common network topologies include star, bus, and ring configurations.

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Computer Networks

A computer network connects multiple computers together allowing for sharing of resources and information between nodes. Early computer networks included ARPANET and NSFNET. Networks can be connected using either guided media like twisted pair cable, coaxial cable, and fiber optic cable or unguided wireless media like infrared, microwave, and radio waves. Common network topologies include star, bus, and ring configurations.

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Computer Networks

1. What is a stand-alone computer?


Ans. A stand-alone computer also called a stand-alone machine is a computer
that is not connected to any other computer.
2. What is a computer network?
Ans. A set of computers connected together is called a computer network.
3. Why do we need a computer network?
Ans. We need a computer network due to the following reasons:
a. Sharing of resources
b. Sharing of information
c. Communication
4. Name few of the earliest computer networks.
Ans.
Following are few of the earliest Computer Networks:
a. ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network)
b. BITNET (Because It’s Time Network)
c. NSFNET (National Science Foundation Network)
5. What is a node?
Ans. Different computers on the network are called nodes or workstations.
6. What are the different types of networks?
Ans. Following are the different types of networks:
a. PAN
b. LAN
c. MAN
d. WAN
7. What is Bluetooth?
Ans. Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over
short distance from fixed and mobile devices and building Personal
Area Networks (PANs).
8. What is Internet?
Ans. The Internet is not a network by itself but a network that connects
all
the computer networks in the world. In other words, it is a network
of
networks.
9. What is a communication medium?
Ans. A communication medium is a medium that is used to connect the
different computers on a network.
10. What are the two types of communication media used for connecting
the computers on a network?
Ans. There are two types of communication media:
a. Guided Media (Wired Media)
b. Unguided Media (Wireless Media)
11. Name the different guided media used to connect the computers on a
network.
Ans. Following are the guided media used to cover the computers over the
network:
a. Twisted Pair Cable
b. Co-axial Cable
c. Fiber Optic Cable
12. Name the different unguided media used to connect the computers
on
a network.
Ans. Following are the unguided media used to cover the computers over the
network:
a. Infra-Red Rays
b. Microwave
c. Radio Waves
13. What is a Network Topology?
Ans. A network topology is the arrangement of computers on a network.
14. Name the different network topologies:
a. Star

b. Bus
c. Ring

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