CHAPTER 3.

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COMPUTER NETWORK AND COMMUNICATIONS

By: Pn Norazmira Marwan

OBJECTIVES

DEFINITION OF COMPUTER NETWORK

A computer network is a system of interconnected computers and peripheral devices.

For example, it may connect computers, printers, scanners and cameras.

Using hardware and software, these interconnected computing devices can communicate with each other through defined rules of data communications.

In a network, computers can exchange and share information and resources.

A computer network may operate on wired connections or wireless connections.

DEFINITIONS OF COMMUNICATIONS

Communications is about the transfer of information from a sender, across a distance, to a receiver.

WHAT TO TRANSFER?

TEXT

VOICE

SOUND

GRAPHICS

MULTIMEDIA

HOW TO TRANSFER?

EXAMPLES OF COMPUTER COMMUNICATION?

E-mail

Social networking
Online banking

IMPORTANCE OF COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS

To be continued

HOMEWORK
FIND INFORMATION ABOUT TYPES OF COMPUTER NETWORKS 1. LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN) 2. WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN) 3. METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK (MAN)