The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to computer networking:
A computer network is a set of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes. Computers use common communication protocols over digital interconnections to communicate with each other. These interconnections are made up of telecommunication network technologies based on physically wired, optical, and wireless radio-frequency methods that may be arranged in a variety of network topologies.
What type of thing is computer networking? edit
Computer networking can be described as all of the following:
Branches of computer networking edit
History of computer networking edit
- Main article: History of computer networking
Data transmission edit
Wired transmission edit
- Public switched telephone network
- Modems and dialup
- Dedicated lines — leased lines
- ISDN
- DSL
- Time-division multiplexing(TDM)
- Packet switching
- Frame relay
- PDH
- Ethernet
- RS-232
- RS-485
- Optical fiber transmission
Wireless transmission edit
Extreme Short range
- Short range
- Medium range
- Long range