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Networks!By: María José Morán
8th B
In information technology, a network is a series of points interconnected by communication paths. Networks can interconnect with other networks and contain subnetworks.
What are networks?
Networks allow computers, and hence their users, to be connected together. They also allow for the easy sharing of information and resources, and cooperation between the devices in other ways.
Advantages of computer networks
There are 3 main types of networks LAN MAN WAN LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS (MAN) WIDE AREA NETWORKS (WAN) Wide Area Networks (WANs) connect larger geographic
areas, such as countries
What are the different types of networks?
METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS (MAN) A Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) covers larger
geographic areas, such as cities.
MAN
WIDE AREA NETWORKS (WAN)Wide Area Networks (WANs) connect larger geographic areas,
such as countries
WAN
LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) A computer network that physically links two or more
computers within a geographic limited area such as a building.
LAN
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