English for IT students = Английский язык для инженеров-программистов/экологов : учебное пособие для студентов учреждений высшего образования по специальности «Информационные системы и технологии (в экологии/здравоохранении)» Том 2

Part II Media The hardware components, such as cables with the help of which computers in a network are connected to each other. Four basic types of media are used in local-area networks; coaxial cable, twisted-pair wires, fiber-optic cable, and wireless. Each medi... Peer-to-Peer Network The peer-to-peer networks support 10 computers. The users in a peer-to-peer network are located in the same geographical area. Operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows XP, can be used to set up a peer-to-peer network. Addit... Packet switching Paul Baran of RAND develops the idea of distributed, packet-switching networks. Networks such as the Internet use packet-switching: Data is sent as individual packets that contain a “chunk” of data, an address, and an indication of where the data fits... Protocol A set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices. Resources Files, printers or other items that can be used by network users. These resources can be either hardware or software resources. Servers Computers that provide the shared resources to network users. There is usually only one server in a small network, but bigger networks may have more than one server. The beneficial of server-based networks is central file storage. Server-based networks provide easy backup of critical data. Data backup is another useful characteristic of server based networks. Server based networks can support a larger number of us...