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Data Communication Networks

Data communication involves the transmission of data between two or more computers and is essential for technologies like email, voicemail, faxing, video conferencing, and the Internet. A data communication system consists of hardware, software, and communication facilities that can connect computers locally within an organization or globally. Networks like local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), and metropolitan area networks (MANs) link computers together to share resources and communicate. LANs connect computers within a building while WANs span larger geographic areas like states or countries.

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Data Communication Networks

Data communication involves the transmission of data between two or more computers and is essential for technologies like email, voicemail, faxing, video conferencing, and the Internet. A data communication system consists of hardware, software, and communication facilities that can connect computers locally within an organization or globally. Networks like local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), and metropolitan area networks (MANs) link computers together to share resources and communicate. LANs connect computers within a building while WANs span larger geographic areas like states or countries.

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DATA COMMUNICATION

 
Data communication is the transmission of data and information between two or
more computers.
 
A data communication system is made up of hardware, software and
communications facilities.  It may consist of computer terminals and other
input/output devices linked together in a small area, or it can also consist of
computers linked together on a global scale.
 
Data communication is essential for electronic mail (e-mail), voicemail, facsimile
(fax), telecommuting, video conferencing, electronic data interchange (EDI), global
positioning systems (GPS), bulletin board systems (BBS), on-line services and the
Internet.

NETWORKS
 A network is a group of two or more computers linked together so that they can
share resources (hardware, software and data) and can communicate with one
another.
 
Types of Networks
1. Local Area Network (LAN) – this is a network of computers situated within a
building. 
Each computer in a LAN is called a workstation or a client. There is usually one
central controlling computer called a file server or server. 
 The following hardware and software is needed for the workstation and file server:
 Network Card for each workstation and server
 Network Operating System
 Network Cables to connect the server and clients
 Switch
 2. Wide Area Network (WAN) – this type of network connects networks across a
large geographical area such as a state or a country.
 
3. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) – this is a large computer network which
usually spans an entire city.

4. Mobile network -Mobile networking refers to technology that can support voice
and/or data network connectivity using wireless, via a radio transmission solution.
The most familiar application of mobile networking is the mobile phone. Mobile
network is spread out over an immense land area around the world, connected
wirelessly by transceivers at fixed locations that are known as cell sites or base
stations.

Difference between Internet, Intranet and extranet.

Internet – A network of networks which connects computers worldwide via a huge


set of telecommunication links.
 
Intranet – A private network that belongs to an organization and is designed to be
accessible only by the organization’s members, employees or others with
authorization.
 
 Extranet – The part of an intranet that is made accessible to customers, partners,
suppliers or others outside the company.
 
Transmission Media

Each device connected to the network is generally known as a node. Each node is connected with
cable or wireless technology known as transmission media. Transmission media is a pathway
through which data are transmitted in network. We use different types of cables or waves to
transmit data. There are two types of transmission media namely: bound transmission media
(guided) and unbound transmission media (unguided).

Bound transmission media are the cables that are tangible or have physical existence and are
limited by the physical geography. Popular bound transmission media in use are twisted pair
cable, co-axial cable and fiber optical cable.

Unbound transmission media are the ways of transmitting data without using any cables. These
media are not bounded by physical geography. Microwave, Radio wave, Infra red are some of
popular unbound transmission media.

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