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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A computer network is a system for communication among two or more computers.
Computer networks can be categorized by range, functional relationship, network topology and specialized function.
By range
- personal area network (PAN)
- wireless PAN
- local area network (LAN)
- wireless LAN
- metropolitan area network (MAN)
- wide area network (WAN)
By functional relationship
- client-server
- multitier architecture
- Peer-to-peer
By network topology
bus network
star network
ring network
grid network
toroidal networks and hypercubes
tree and hypertree networks
By specialized function
- Storage area networks
- Server farms
- Process control networks
- Value added network
- SOHO network
- Wireless community network
Related Topics
5 Layers of the Internet (HTTP, TCP/IP and NAP)
Network Management
Local area network (LAN)
Wide area network (WAN)
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