Local Area Network Introduction for beginners

Local Area Network

Hi Friends.Today we are going to learn about Local Area network

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Local Area Network - A local area network (LAN) is a group of computers and associated devices that share a common communications line or wireless link.

A local area network (LAN) is a computer network covering a small geographic area, like a home, office or with in building.

A network is simply a collection of computers or other hardware devices that are connected together, either physically or logically, using special hardware and software, to allow them to exchange information and cooperate. Networking is the term that describes the processes involved in designing, implementing, upgrading, managing and otherwise working with networks and network technologies.

Advantages of a network

Communication

Hardware Sharing

Software sharing

Internet sharing

Data security and management

Managing devices from one point called server

Entertainment

Disadvantages of a network

Network hardware and software cost.

Data Security threats

Hardware software and network administrator cost

 

Client server network

Client server network means, all of computers (Client) are connected to the centralized server and it will providing services to a larger number of user machines.