ITM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Packet Switching, Distributed Computing, Extranet

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 102
• Professor: Ozgur Turetken

Document Summary

Connection medium (wired to a larger network, communicates between signals) Software-defined networking (sdn): functions of switches and routers managed by central program. Hundreds of local area networks (lans) linked to firm wide corporate network. Clients linked through network controlled by server computer. Server sets rules of communication for network and provides every client with an address so others can find it on the network. The internet: largest implementation of client/server computing. Data split into small packets (data packets) Protocols: rules that govern transmission of information between two points. Modem: translate digital signals into analog form. Telephone and tv networks and computer networks converging into single digital network using internet standards (internet based) More than 90% of canadian internet users have broadband access. Voice, data commuication are increasingly taking place over broadband wireless platforms. File transfer protocol (upload and download files)