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Advantages & Disadvantages of Computer Network

Computer networks provide several advantages such as reduced costs through shared resources, increased efficiency of information exchange, and greater productivity enabled by collaboration software. Networks also allow easier access to communication and more efficient software patching. However, networks also pose disadvantages like disruptions when the network fails or servers fault, security vulnerabilities to hackers and viruses, and limitations of shared equipment placement.

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Advantages & Disadvantages of Computer Network

Computer networks provide several advantages such as reduced costs through shared resources, increased efficiency of information exchange, and greater productivity enabled by collaboration software. Networks also allow easier access to communication and more efficient software patching. However, networks also pose disadvantages like disruptions when the network fails or servers fault, security vulnerabilities to hackers and viruses, and limitations of shared equipment placement.

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ADVANTAGES &

DISADVANTAGES
OF COMPUTER NETWORK
Advantages
• Reduce cost - Computer Networks can
allow businesses to reduce expenses and
improve efficiency by sharing data and
common equipment, such as printers,
among many different computers. At the
same time, the network may be connected
by cables, telephone lines, infrared beams
etc, which is cheaper and helps
to reduce the expenses.
Increased Efficiency
• In network science,
the efficiency of a network is a
measure of how efficiently it
exchanges information. The
concept of efficiency can be
applied to both local and global
scales in a network.
Economical
• The Internet will produce significant
cost savings in many sectors of
the economy, resulting in faster
productivity growth. It will also produce
lower prices for consumers, resulting
in faster growth in living standards.
More Productivity
• Productivity software (also called
personal productivity software or
office productivity software) is
application software used for
producing information (such as
documents, presentations,
worksheets, databases, charts,
graphs, digital paintings, electronic
music and digital video).
Increased access to communication
• Data communications refers to the
transmission of this digital data between
two or more computers and a computer
network or data network is a
telecommunications network that allows
computers to exchange data. The physical
connection between networked computing
devices is established using either cable
media or wireless media.
More efficient patching of software

• Patch management is the


process of distributing and
applying updates to software. ...
Common areas that will
need patches include operating
systems, applications, and
embedded systems (like network
equipment)
Disadvantages
• Some of the organizations activities depend on the network to
be up and running. If the network fails, the users lose access to
information and the ability to communicate electronically.
• In a server/client network, server faults may prevent you from
using some applications, or even from accessing your
computer.
• Your system is open to hackers, especially if it is connected to
the internet at all times.
• Networks are vulnerable to virus attacks. A virus introduced in
one workstation can spread quickly to other workstations.
• Resources, such as printers, might be located too far from your
table
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