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Network
When two or more, often many, computers are linked to each other they form a network, and are thus able to communicate with each other and share resources. Shared resources may range from a single printer in an office to an indefinite amount of information on e.g. the Internet. The most common types of networks are: LANs (Local Area Networks – in which the computers are near each other, such as in the same office or building) and WANs (Wide Area Networks – in which the computers are at different geographical locations and are connected by telephone lines or radio waves).
Related terms:
Bridge, DMZ, Datagram, Dial-in, Ethernet, Firewall, Frame Relay, Gateway, Internet, LAN, NetBIOS, Node, Router, Routing, SNMP, Sniffing, Subnet, Token Ring, VPN, VPN Client, WAN
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