Transcript Networks 101 - SharpSchool

By Mrs. Bushman
With pictures from Microsoft Clip Art & Apple.com
The term “network”
 According to Dictionary.com a computer network is:
Telecommunications, Computers . A system containing
any combination of computers, computer terminals,
printers, audio or visual display devices, or telephones
interconnected by telecommunication equipment or
cables: used to transmit or receive information.
Basically, this means technology devices connected to
each other.
What does this look like?
 This is what most computers
look like. You have the
“tower” or CPU and your
monitor.
What if…
You were to take your
tower and connect it to
another tower?
You have a network!
This type of network is
called Peer to Peer, or
P2P.
Does it have to be computer to
computer?
 No. It can be computer
to printer, computer to
projector, and with Voice
IP Phones, it can be a
computer connected to a
telephone!
Does it have to be in the same
room?
 No. They can be in
separate rooms in the
same building, like we
have here at school, or it
could be connected to a
computer in another
building, such as our
District office.
When your computer is connected to
another within the same building…
That type of network is
called a LAN, or Local
Area Network.
When your computer is connected to
another in a different building…
That is called a WAN, or
Wide Area Network.
What is the type of cable used to
get access to a network?
The primary source to gain
access to a network is
through ethernet cables.
Also available…
is a wireless system, where
the signal is sent from a
box that is connected to
the network via ethernet
cables.
These are called Airports,
Airport Extreme or Time
Capsules.
From the ethernet cables…
Then the data feeds into
fiber optic cables for
faster transmission
speed.