CIS 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Wireless Network, Peripheral, File Server

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 1200
• Professor: John Saville

Document Summary

Two or more computers that are connected together via software and hardware so they can communicate. Devices connected to a network are called nodes. A node can be a computer, a peripheral (such as a printer), or a communications device (such as a modem) You can transfer files from one computer to another without using external storage media. If you install a router you can share broadband internet connection. Each node can communicate directly with every other node on the network, instead of having a separate device exercise control over the entire network. Networks that have 10 or more nodes. Client is the computer used to accomplish specific tasks and make specific requests. The server is the computer that provides information or resources to the client computers on the network. The client/server network also provides a central control for functions on the network (such as printing) When connected to the internet your computer acts as a client computer.