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Networking

1. Networking
2. The internet
3. Web browsers
4. Using search engines
5. E mail

Learning objectives

After you have studied this chapter, you should be able to:

 Network computers in different locations


 Differentiate between wired and wireless networks
 Access information using (LAN) and (WAN)
 Recognize web browsers
 Demonstrate how to use web browsers and go to specific (URL)
 Define a search engine and state what it is used for
 Explain what e mail is used for.

7.1 Networking

Question

(a) WHAT IS COMPUTER NETWORKING?


Answer: Computer networking is the inter-connection of two or more computers and other devices.
to exchange information or messages

(b) NAME THE TWO TYPES OF COMPUTER CONNECTIONS


Answer
1) Wireless
2) Wired

(c) LIST DOWN THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF NETWORKING.


ADVANTAGES
 Enables letter communication examples such as E-mails, SMS etc.
 Security of information. Information can be stored or backed up on the internet and
be saved from malware threats on the computer.
 Sharing of network hardware resources such as printers, scanner.
 Sharing of information such as documents, files.
 System is inexpensive to operate.

DISADVANTAGES

 It comes with the risk of security issues such as phonographic videos.


 It encourages people to become dependent on computers
 It opens up a door to computer viruses and malware.

(d) DESCRIBE THE FOUR TYPES OF NETTWORKS AND WRITE DOWN THEIR ADVANATGES
AND DISADVANTAGES.
1) LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN). This is the type of network that, covers a small geographical
area such as an office, classroom, company and allowing sharing of network resources such as
printers, documents, scanner etc.

ADVANTAGES OF LAN
 Hardware and software sharing
 Workstation survival during network failure
 Addition of new computer to network is very easy
 High data transfer rate.
DISADVANTAGES LAN
 Maintenance costs
 Covers a small geographic area

2) WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN)


A Wide Area Network is a network that covers a wide geographical area such as a country,
continent etc. it is the biggest of all types of networks.

ADVANATAGES

 It covers a wide geographical area separated businesses can be connected to do their work
efficiently.
 Different software’s and resources can be shared among computers on the internet.
 Messages can be sent easily and quickly to anyone else on the internet in different parts of the
world.
 One can research from the world within seconds.

DISADVANATAGES

 It is expensive to install, as it requires a lot of equipment and technical knowledge on how to set it
up.
 It can be insecure that outsiders might access to confidential data and information of the company,
organization, or government.
 Maintenance is a full time job which requires technicians to be present at all time at the site.
 Relatively slow when there is network congestion.

3) METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK (MAN)


A collection of LAN is in the same geographical local area for example a city. It can also be
described as a network of computers located at different sites within a large physical area in a city.

ADVANTAGES

 It covers a wide area than LAN examples at airports, government Agencies and Libraries.
 Information can be shared and transferred more widely, rapidly and significantly

DISADVANTAGES

 It will only apply if the personal computer or terminal can compete.

4) PERSONAL AREA NETWORK (PAN)


A personal Area Network is a computer network used for data transmission amongst devices such
as computers, telephones, tablets and personal Digital assistant.
5) DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN INTRANET AND AN EXTRANET
An intranet is a network where employees can create content, communicate, collaborate, and
develop the company culture while an Extranet is like an intranet but provide access to authorized
customers, vendors, partners or others outside the company.

7.2 Web browsers

(a) DEFINE THE TERM WEB BROWSER


Answer.
A web browser can be defined as application software that can be used to access the internet.

(b) LIST DOWN THE MOST COMMON USED WEB BROWSERS


 Google
 Internet Explorer
 Opera mini
(c) WHAT IS A SEARCH ENGINE?
A Search Engine is a web based tool used to search and locate specific information on the internet.

(d) LIST DOWN EXAMPLES OF SEARCH ENGINES


 Google
 Yahoo
 Bing
(e) DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN WORLD WIDE WEB AND THE INTERNET
An Internet is a massive inter-connection of networks while a World Wide Web is a way of
accessing information over the medium of the internet.

(f) WHAT IS URL?


URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It is the address to a resource on the internet.

(g) LIST DOWN THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF A URL


i) SCHEME: Identifies the protocol to be used to access the resource on the internet.
ii) A HOST: identifies the host that holds the resource
iii) PATH: This is typically a file or location on the web server.
iv) PORT: The port is used to connect to the location.

(h) LIST DOWN THE VARIOUS SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET


 Electronic Mail – more commonly known as email, electronic mail
 Healthy information access
 E-commerce
 Electronic learning tools

(i) DEFINE AN E-MAIL.


E-mail can be defined as an electronic messaging system, transmission of messages via the
internet.

(j) WHAT IS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS?


An E-mail address defines the location of an individual’s mail box on the internet. A mailbox is
where your e-mails are stored over the internet when they are sent to you.

(k) BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THE STRUCTURE OF AN E-MAIL ADDRESS AND ITS COMPONENTS
An e-mail address consists of three elements which are the
 The username – is the word you use to access your email account / address
 @ symbol-, the separator refereed to as “at” indicates your email service
provider.
 The domain- is the last part of an e-mail address and it is made up of three parts
which are:
i) E-mail service provider- such as Zamtel, MTN, etc
ii) Top level domain- specifies the type of email address such as COM-
Commercial, Org – Organization, Net- Network,
Gov - Government, Co- Company etc
iii) Country code domain- specifies the location of a country yu\ou are operating
from such as Zm- Zambia, Au- Australia, UK- United kingdom, US- United
States, SA- South Africa etc.

(l) GIVE 2 EXAMPLES OF AN EMAIL ADDRESS AND LABEL THE PARTS.


1) [email protected]
Username symbol domain

(m) LIST DOWN ADVANATGAES AND DISADVANATAGES OF E-,MAIL

ADVANTAGES

 Emails are faster, convenient messages can be sent just by a click


 Emails are cheaper and reliable can be sent anywhere to any one at any time
 Email can be used to send and share multimedia files such as pictures, videos,
text documents etc
 An email address can be sent to more than one person at once
DISADVANTAGES

 E-mails are a gate way to viruses


 E-mails can receive SPAM or JUNK mails. SPAM or JUNK mails are unwanted
mails or unexpected mails that can be an advert or a scholarship.
 Only those with an internet connection can send and receive mails
 A person cannot have access to email services if they do not have an email
address.
 Persons who are computer illiterate cannot manage to create e-mails.

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