Networking is the process or act of interconnection of autonomous computers to share resources. The primary aim of networking is to share resources (resources: information or data that are transferred from one computer to another).The connection of computers brought about the internet. Thus, the internet can be defined as “the network of networks”. The process whereby a group of computers are connected together to share resources whether with wire or wirelessly is the basic of the creation of the internet. When a group of computers in two different places are connected together to share data, they thereby create an internet, but when computers in a company or a in a particular building are connected together, it creates an intranet. Types of Networks There are many types of networks, some of them are;
1. LAN (Local Area Network)
2. MAN (Metropolitan Area Network)
3. WAN (Wide Area Network)
4. PAN (Personal Area Network)
5. CAN (Campus Area Network)
6. Ethernet etc.
Types of Network Architecture 1. Client/Server
2. Peer to peer
Types of Network Topology 1. Bus topology
2. Ring topology
3. Tree topology
4. Star topology
5. Mesh topology
6. Token ring topology etc.
These are the bases of networking but the detail explanation will be explained in the next episode. Networking is a very important course to study; it enlightens students on how, to be globalized in the society, information sharing is the bases of networking and computer science, a society where data cannot be shared is more of a computer free society. Networking is the most important branch of computer science as it aids in the sharing of resources.
