Types of Network: Introduction To Data Communications and Networking

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Transmission medium is the physical link by which a message travels

from sender to receiver.


Network allows computers to communicate with each other and share
Exp:-twisted-pair cable,
-coaxial cable, resources and communication the devices are connected with each other
- fiber optic cable. through wired and wireless connection then the response of the request is
routed back to the sender.

TCP/IP
INTRODUCTION TO (Transmission Control Protocol /Internet Protocol )
DATA COMMUNICATIONS is a common worldwide standard that is basis for the Internet
AND NETWORKING use by corporate network.
Protocols are the set of rules that governs data communication
Types of Network
Local area Campus area Metropolitan area Wide Area
networks networks networks Network
TCP/IP Reference Model is a four-layered suite of
(LAN) (CAN) (MAN) (WAN) communication protocols
How does internet works?
Internet works through a packet routing network in Difference between Network and Internet
World Wide Web (WWW) / The Web accordance with the Internet Protocol (IP), the Transport
- an information system where web resources are Control Protocol (TCP) and other protocols. Network Internet
identified by Uniform Resource
Restricted to limited Covers over larger continental
Locators (URLs),which may be interlinked
geographical up to few 100 Kms area worldwide
by Hypertext, and are accessible over the Internet.
The resources of the WWW accessed by a a web
browser. Error rate is less, since it covers Error rate is more, since it
lesser area covers larger area
Computers r directly connected Connection is not physical
Hypertext Markup Language(HTML)
INTERNET: terminals,perpherals with wires
-a text-based approach to describing how content -A network of computers linking many different or coaxial
contained within an HTML file is structured. This markup types of computer over the world
tells a web browser how to display text, images and Cost is almost negligible Cost is high
-A very large wide area network (WAN)
other forms of multimedia on a webpage. connecting computers and networks around the Security is not a concem Security plays an important role
world
-Users can get information from any other
Cellular network / Mobile network The Domain Name System
-a communication network where the last link is wireless. In a computer,if they have permission
The Domain Name Service is structured as a hierarchy similar to the
cellular network, each cell characteristically uses a different IP routing hierarchy. The computer requesting a name resolution
set of radio frequencies from all their immediate neighbouring will be re-directed 'up' the hierarchy until a DNS server is found
cells to avoid any interference.. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) that can resolve the domain name in the request
• Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) -is “the wireless use of electromagnetic fields to transfer data, for
• Personal Communications Service (PCS) the purposes of automatically identifying and tracking tags
• D-AMPS: Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service attached to objects.

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