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Lesson 3: Getting Started With Networking

A network connects two or more computers together to share information. Key terms include: - LAN (local area network) connects computers in the same location. - Computers are "online" when connected to the network and "offline" when not. - Computers are "up" when turned on and "down" when off or broken. - Resources can be either "local" on your own computer or "remote" on another networked computer. Networks are useful because they allow sharing of files, resources like printers and hard drives, and programs between connected computers.

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Lesson 3: Getting Started With Networking

A network connects two or more computers together to share information. Key terms include: - LAN (local area network) connects computers in the same location. - Computers are "online" when connected to the network and "offline" when not. - Computers are "up" when turned on and "down" when off or broken. - Resources can be either "local" on your own computer or "remote" on another networked computer. Networks are useful because they allow sharing of files, resources like printers and hard drives, and programs between connected computers.

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Lesson 3: Getting Started

with Networking
Defining a Network

• A network is nothing more than two or more computers


connected by a cable
• or by a wireless radio connection so that they can
exchange information.
Sneakernet

• copy a file to a flash drive (or a CD or DVD) and


then walk the data over to someone else’s
computer.
*Disadvatage
1. it’s slow, and it wears a trail in your
carpet.
Networking
Networking Terms:

• LAN – is a three-letter-acronym. Networks are often called LANs, short


for local area network.
• On the network: Every computer connected to the network is said to
be “on the network.”
• Online, offline: When a computer is turned on and can access the
network, the computer is online. When a computer can’t access the
network, it’s offline.
The computer can be turned off, the user may have disabled the
network connection, the computer may be broken, the cable that
connects it to the network can be unplugged, or a wad of gum can be
jammed into the disk drive.
Networking Terms:

• Up, down: When a computer is turned on and working properly, it’s up. When a
computer is turned off, broken, or being serviced, it’s down. Turning off a
computer is sometimes called taking it down. Turning it back on is sometimes
called bringing it up.
• Local, remote: A resource such as a disk drive is local if it resides in your
computer. It’s remote if it resides in another computer somewhere else on your
network.
• Internet: The Internet is a huge amalgamation of computer networks strewn
about the entire planet. Networking the computers in your home or office so
that they can share information with one another and connecting your computer
to the worldwide Internet are two separate but related tasks.
Why bother with a Network?

• computer networks are a bit of a pain to set up.


• Because the benefits of having a network outweigh the
difficulties of setting up one.
• Networks are all about sharing. Specifically, networks are
about sharing three things: files, resources, and programs.
1. Sharing files

• you can share files with your network friends in several


different ways.
- e-mail message and then mailing it
- access your computer over the network
2. Sharing resources

• set up certain computer resources — such as hard drives or


printers — so that all computers on the network can access them.

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