ITM 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: File Server, Email Client, Active Directory
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Itm 301 how networks are used. Network services the resources a network makes available to its users: includes applications and the data provided by these applications. Types of applications found on most networks: client-server, file and print services, communications services. Client computer requests data or a service from a second computer, called the server. List of several popular client-server applications: web service, email service, ftp service, telnet service, remote desktop, remote applications. File services a server"s ability to share data files and disk storage space. File server a computer that provides file services. Print services ability to share printers across a network: with one printer, less time is spent on maintenance and management. Convergence using the same network to deliver multiple types of communications services. Unified communication (uc) refers to the centralized management of multiple network-based communications. Three types of communication services: conversational voice voip (voice over ip, streaming live audio and video, streaming stores audio and video.