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Networks: Year4 Computing Week 1 - Understanding Networks Mrs Saunders

A network connects two or more devices together to share resources. Devices need special networking hardware to physically connect to other devices via wired or wireless connections. A network allows sharing of files like movies, games, webpages, songs and printers between connected devices. A local area network links devices within a school to share software and storage on a central server. Wide area networks connect multiple local area networks across a larger geographic area like a town or country. The Internet is the largest example of a wide area network.

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Networks: Year4 Computing Week 1 - Understanding Networks Mrs Saunders

A network connects two or more devices together to share resources. Devices need special networking hardware to physically connect to other devices via wired or wireless connections. A network allows sharing of files like movies, games, webpages, songs and printers between connected devices. A local area network links devices within a school to share software and storage on a central server. Wide area networks connect multiple local area networks across a larger geographic area like a town or country. The Internet is the largest example of a wide area network.

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Networks

Year4 Computing
Week 1 – Understanding Networks
Mrs Saunders
What is a Network?

A Network is:
2 or more devices,
connected together that
share resources
What are devices? Media

Not every computer, handheld gadget or other piece of equipment


is capable of joining a network. A network device possesses special
communications hardware to make the necessary physical
connections to other devices.
How do they connect?
Cat 5 cable

Wired connection

Wireless connection
Video about Wireless
Sharing Resources
Movies GAMES
Webpages

SONGS Printers
Software
So what does a network need?
Remember:
A network needs at least 2 or more devices.

Sender Receiver
Local Area Network

At school we link all our computers - local area network.


We can store software etc on the server and open it on any computer.
Wide Area Network
Wide Area
Networks can
be lots of LANs
linked together.

A WAN spans a large


geographic area, such as
a town, a city or country.
The Internet

The internet is a WAN

Click here to PLAY


a Video about how
LAN & WAN work

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