EECS 1520 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Network Architecture, Telnet, Hostname

• School: York University
• Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Course: EECS 1520
• Professor: John Hofbauer

Document Summary

Computer network collection of computing devices connected so that they can communicate and share resources; connections usually made using wires/cables but can be wireless. Wireless network connection made without physical wires; using radio waves or infrared signals. Node/host any addressable device attached to a network. Data transfer rate/bandwidth speed with which data is moved from one place to another on a network; key issue in computer networks. Protocol set of rules that deines how data is formatted and processed on a network. Client/server model distributed approach in which a client makes requests of a server and the server responds. File server computer dedicated to storing and managing iles for network users. Web server computer dedicated to responding to requests for web pages. Local-area network (lan) network connecting a small number of nodes in close geographic area. Ring topology lan coniguration in which all nodes are connected in closed loop.