Ó 2002
Prentice Hall
2
Computer Connections:
The Network Revolution
The Network Revolution
Local Area
Networks (LAN)
–resource sharing allow communication between users (in the
same building or cluster of
buildings)
Wide Area
Networks (WAN)
–resource sharing allow communication between users (across
the country or the
world)
“There are three kinds of death…there’s
heart death, there’s brain
death, and there’s being off the network.”
death, and there’s being off the network.”