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Communication Software
*Many forms:
§Network operating system (NOS) - handles communications between many workstations
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§Client/server model - one or more computers act as dedicated serves and all the remaining computers act as clients
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§Peer-to-peer model - every computer on the network is both client and server
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§Many networks are hybrids, using features of the client/server and peer-to-peer models
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