Introduction to Networking

Welcome everyone to my blog. Today we will discuss the basic concept of what a network is as it applies to computers. A computer network is when one or more computers are connected virtually or physically together sharing common resources. Networks can be located in a room or span an entire city or in the case of the internet it can be global. The resources to be shared would be on a server and computers wanting to access these resources are called clients.

So what is the purpose of networks?

Networks can be constructed for communication such as email, instant messaging VoIP (phone calls) chat rooms.

Hardware can be shared among many computers via networks. When computers are interconnected resources can be shared.

Lastly software can be shared and used over a network.

To recap a network can be as small as two computers and as large as two million computers.

This is a basic introduction to what networks are and what they can do for us. In future posts I will go into more depth about networking, so until next time take care J