Question

explain the advantage of network

Answer 1

Advantages. Site (software) licences are likely to be cheaper than buying several standalone licences. Network users can communicate by email and instant messenger. Security is good - users cannot see other users' files unlike on stand-alone machines.

Answer 2

Answer:

The advantages of Networks are given below.

1) Resource sharing : All the computers in a network can share software (programs, data …..) and hardware (printer, scanner, CD drive etc ).

2) Reliability : If one computer fails, the other computer can perform the work without any delay. This is very important for banking air traffic control and other application.

3) Price Vs Performance : A main frame computer can be 10 times faster than a PC but it costs thousand times 9 PC. Therefore instead of a main frame 10 personal computers are used with less cost and same performance.

4) Communication Medium : It is a powerful communication medium. We can exchange information between computers in a network.

5) Scalable : This means, System performance can be increased by adding computers to a network.