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A collection of computers and other equipment organized to share data, information, hardware, and software.

Also called a communications network.

(Shelley, Cashman, Gunter, & Gunter, 2006)

LAN (Local Area Network)—a network that connects computers in a limited geographic area› school computer lab› business office› group of adjacent buildings

WAN (Wide Area Network)—a network that covers a large geographical area› the district offices of a statewide school system› the offices of a national corporation

(Shelley, Cashman, Gunter, & Gunter, 2006)

Internet—The world’s largest network› A worldwide collection of networks› Links together millions of businesses, governments,

educational institutions, and individuals. › Open doors to learning!

World Wide Web (WWW)—A portion of the Internet that consists of computer sites that contain billions of electronic documents called Web pages. › Access to Web pages is through a web browser,

such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, or Firefox.

(Shelley, Cashman, Gunter, & Gunter, 2006)

Here is a sample diagram

of a network at Taos

High School.

http://taosschools.org/Tech/Images/THSnoIP.jpg

Example: Apple Elementary School has 10 classrooms. In each classroom, there are 3 computers and a printer connected to the school’s local area network.

to school local area network(Shelley, Cashman, Gunter, & Gunter, 2006)

At Apple Elementary, the school’s local area network consists of computers in 10 classrooms, the media center computer lab, and the school administration computers.

Classroom 1 Classroom 10

School administration computersComputer lab

Server

(Shelley, Cashman, Gunter, & Gunter, 2006)

The local area network of the Apple Elementary School and the district’s 3 other schools are connected to a large-capacity server and its associated equipment to make up the district network at the Strawberry County School District central office.

Server

Strawberry Co. School District central office

Orange Elem.

Apple Elem. Pineapple MS

Kiwi HS(Shelley, Cashman, Gunter, & Gunter, 2006)

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