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What is the network ?which are different type network?explain each?

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Answered by mahima4137
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a group or system of interconnected people or things.an arrangement of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines.
Types of network
LAN - Local Area NetworkWAN - Wide Area NetworkWLAN - Wireless Local Area NetworkMAN - Metropolitan Area NetworkSAN - Storage Area Network, System Area Network, Server Area Network, or sometimes Small Area NetworkCAN - Campus Area Network, Controller Area Network, or sometimes Cluster Area NetworkPAN - Personal Area Network


 

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Introduction to LANs, WANs, and Other Kinds of Area Networks

What is the difference between LAN and WAN and other networks?

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by Bradley Mitchell

Updated July 05, 2018

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One way to categorize the different types of computer network designs is by their scope or scale. For historical reasons, the networking industry refers to nearly every type of design as some kind of area network. Common types of area networks are:

LAN - Local Area NetworkWAN - Wide Area NetworkWLAN - Wireless Local Area NetworkMAN - Metropolitan Area NetworkSAN - Storage Area Network, System Area Network, Server Area Network, or sometimes Small Area NetworkCAN - Campus Area Network, Controller Area Network, or sometimes Cluster Area NetworkPAN - Personal Area Network

LAN and WAN are the two primary and best-known categories of area networks, while the others have emerged with technology advances

Note that network types differ from network topologies (such as bus, ring and star). (See also - Introduction to Network Topologies.)

LAN: Local Area Network

A LAN connects network devices over a relatively short distance. A networked office building, school, or home usually contains a single LAN, though sometimes one building will contain a few small LANs (perhaps one per room), and occasionally a LAN will span a group of nearby buildings. In TCP/IP networking, a LAN is often but not always implemented as a single IP subnet.

In addition to operating in a limited space, LANs are also typically owned, controlled, and managed by a single person or organization. They also tend to use certain connectivity technologies, primarily Ethernet and Token Ring.

WAN: Wide Area Network

As the term implies, a WAN spans a large physical distance. The Internet is the largest WAN, spanning the Earth.

A WAN is a geographically-dispersed collection of LANs. A network device called a router connects LANs to a WAN. In IP networking, the router maintains both a LAN address and a WAN address.

A WAN differs from a LAN in several important ways. Most WANs (like the Internet) are not owned by any one organization but rather exist under collective or distributed ownership and management. WANs tend to use technology like ATM, Frame Relay and X.25 for connectivity over the longer distances.

Wireless Local Area Network - A LAN based on Wi-Fi wireless network technology
Metropolitan Area Network - A network spanning a physical area larger than a LAN but smaller than a WAN, such as a city. A MAN is typically owned and operated by a single entity such as a government body or large corporation.
Campus Area Network - A network spanning multiple LANs but smaller than a MAN, such as on a university or local business campus.
Storage Area Network - Connects servers to data storage devices through a technology like Fibre Channel.
System Area Network (also known as Cluster Area Network) - Links high-performance computers with high-speed connections in a cluster configuration.
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Answered by HarikaIndugu
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A network consists of two or more computers that are linked in order to share resources (such as printers and CDs), exchange files, or allow electronic communications. The computers on a network may be linked through cables, telephone lines, radio waves, satellites, or infrared light beams.
Two very common types of networks include:

Local Area Network (LAN)
Wide Area Network (WAN)



Local AreaNetwork

A Local Area Network (LAN) is a network that is confined to a relatively small area. It is generally limited to a geographic area such as a writing lab, school, or building.

Wide AreaNetwork

Wide Area Networks (WANs) connect networks in larger geographic areas, such as Florida, the United States, or the world. Dedicated transoceanic cabling or satellite uplinks may be used to connect this type of global network.





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