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Data Communication & Networks
Data communications refers to the transmission of this digital data
between two or more computers and a computer network or data
network is a telecommunications network that allows computers to
exchange data. The physical connection between networked
computing devices is established using either cable media or wireless
media. The best-known computer network is the Internet.
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Networks
A system of interconnected computers and computerized
peripherals such as printers is called computer network. This
interconnection among computers facilitates information
sharing among them. Computers may connect to each other
by either wired or wireless media.
Geographical span
Inter-connectivity
Administration
Architecture
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Geographical Span
Geographically a network can be seen in one of the following categories:
It may be spanned across your table, among Bluetooth enabled devices,.
Ranging not more than few meters.
It may be spanned across a whole building, including intermediate devices to
connect all floors.
It may be spanned across a whole city.
It may be spanned across multiple cities or provinces.
It may be one network covering whole world.
Inter-Connectivity
Components of a network can be connected to each other differently
in some fashion. By connectedness we mean either logically , physically
, or both ways.
Every single device can be connected to every other device on network,
making the network mesh.
Each device is connected to its left and right peers only, creating linear
structure.
All devices connected together with a single device, creating star like
structure.
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Administration
From an administrator’s point of view, a network can be
private network which belongs a single autonomous system
and cannot be accessed outside its physical or logical
domain.A network can be public which is accessed by all.
Architecture
Computer networks can be discriminated into various types
such as Client-Server, peer-to-peer or hybrid, depending upon
its architecture.
There can be one or more systems acting as Server. Other
being Client, requests the Server to serve requests. Server
takes and processes request on behalf of Clients.
Two systems can be connected Point-to-Point, or in back-to-
back fashion. They both reside at the same level and called
peers.
There can be hybrid network which involves network
architecture of both the above types.
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Modes of Communication
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Analog Signals
An analog signal is time-varying and generally bound to a range
(e.g. +12V to -12V), but there is an infinite number of values
within that continuous range. An analog signal uses a given
property of the medium to convey the signal’s information, such
as electricity moving through a wire. In an electrical signal, the
voltage, current, or frequency of the signal may be varied to
represent the information. Analog signals are often calculated
responses to changes in light, sound, temperature, position,
pressure, or other physical phenomena.
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Digital Signals
A digital signal is a signal that represents data as a sequence
of discrete values. A digital signal can only take on one value
from a finite set of possible values at a given time. With
digital signals, the physical quantity representing the
information can be many things:
Variable electric current or voltage
Phase or polarization of an electromagnetic field
Acoustic pressure
The magnetization of a magnetic storage media
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Modem
Modem is abbreviation for Modulator – De-
modulator. Modems are used for data transfer from
one computer network to another computer network
through telephone lines. The computer network works in
digital mode, while analog technology is used for carrying
massages across phone lines.
Modulator converts information from digital mode to analog
mode at the transmitting end and de-modulator converts the
same from analog to digital at receiving end. The process of
converting analog signals of one computer network into
digital signals of another computer network so they can be
processed by a receiving computer is referred to as digitizing.
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What is Topology?
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Bus Topology
The bus topology is designed in such a way that all the
stations are connected through a single cable known as a
backbone cable.
Each node is either connected to the backbone cable by
drop cable or directly connected to the backbone cable.
When a node wants to send a message over the network,
it puts a message over the network. All the stations
available in the network will receive the message whether
it has been addressed or not.
The backbone cable is considered as a "single
lane" through which the message is broadcast to all the
stations.
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Advantages of Bus topology:
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Disadvantages of Bus topology:
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Ring Topology
Ring topology is like a bus topology, but with
connected ends.
The node that receives the message from the previous
computer will retransmit to the next node.
The data flows in one direction, i.e., it is unidirectional.
The data flows in a single loop continuously known as
an endless loop.
It has no terminated ends, i.e., each node is connected
to other node and having no termination point.
The data in a ring topology flow in a clockwise
direction.
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The most common access method of the ring topology
is token passing.
Token passing: It is a network access method in which
token is passed from one node to another node.
Token: It is a frame that circulates around the network.
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Advantages of Ring topology:
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Disadvantages of Ring topology:
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Star Topology
Star topology is an arrangement of the network in which every
node is connected to the central hub, switch or a central
computer.
The central computer is known as a server, and the peripheral
devices attached to the server are known as clients.
Coaxial cable or RJ-45 cables are used to connect the computers.
Hubs or Switches are mainly used as connection devices in
a physical star topology.
Star topology is the most popular topology in network
implementation.
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Advantages of Star topology
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Disadvantages of Star topology
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Tree topology
Tree topology combines the characteristics of bus
topology and star topology.
A tree topology is a type of structure in which all the
computers are connected with each other in hierarchical
fashion.
The top-most node in tree topology is known as a root
node, and all other nodes are the descendants of the
root node.
There is only one path exists between two nodes for the
data transmission. Thus, it forms a parent-child hierarchy.
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Advantages of Tree topology
Support for broadband transmission: Tree topology is
mainly used to provide broadband transmission, i.e.,
signals are sent over long distances without being
attenuated.
Easily expandable: We can add the new device to the
existing network. Therefore, we can say that tree topology
is easily expandable.
Easily manageable: In tree topology, the whole network is
divided into segments known as star networks which can
be easily managed and maintained.
Error detection: Error detection and error correction are
very easy in a tree topology.
Limited failure: The breakdown in one station does not
affect the entire network.
Point-to-point wiring: It has point-to-point wiring for
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Disadvantages of Tree topology
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Hybrid Topology
The combination of various different topologies is known
as Hybrid topology.
A Hybrid topology is a connection between different links
and nodes to transfer the data.
When two or more different topologies are combined
together is termed as Hybrid topology and if similar
topologies are connected with each other will not result in
Hybrid topology. For example, if there exist a ring topology
in one branch of ICICI bank and bus topology in another
branch of ICICI bank, connecting these two topologies will
result in Hybrid topology.
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Advantages of Hybrid Topology
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Transmission modes
The way in which data is transmitted from one device to
another device is known as transmission mode.
The transmission mode is also known as the
communication mode.
Each communication channel has a direction associated
with it, and transmission media provide the direction.
Therefore, the transmission mode is also known as a
directional mode.
The transmission mode is defined in the physical layer
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Advantage of Simplex mode:
In simplex mode, the station can utilize the
entire bandwidth of the communication
channel, so that more data can be transmitted
at a time.
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Half-Duplex mode
In a Half-duplex channel, direction can be reversed, i.e., the
station can transmit and receive the data as well.
Messages flow in both the directions, but not at the same time.
The entire bandwidth of the communication channel is utilized
in one direction at a time.
In half-duplex mode, it is possible to perform the error
detection, and if any error occurs, then the receiver requests
the sender to retransmit the data.
A Walkie-talkie is an example of the Half-duplex mode. In
Walkie-talkie, one party speaks, and another party listens. After
a pause, the other speaks and first party listens. Speaking
simultaneously will create the distorted sound which cannot be
understood.
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Advantage of Half-duplex mode
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Full-duplex mode
In Full duplex mode, the communication is bi-directional, i.e., the
data flow in both the directions.
Both the stations can send and receive the message simultaneously.
Full-duplex mode has two simplex channels. One channel has traffic
moving in one direction, and another channel has traffic flowing in
the opposite direction.
The Full-duplex mode is the fastest mode of communication
between devices.
The most common example of the full-duplex mode is a telephone
network. When two people are communicating with each other by a
telephone line, both can talk and listen at the same time.
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Advantage of Full-duplex mode:
Both the stations can send and receive the data at the
same time.
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Introduction to Internet, WWW and Web Browsers
Internet is a global communication system that links together
thousands of individual networks. It allows exchange of
information between two or more computers on a network. Thus
internet helps in transfer of messages through mail, chat, video &
audio conference, etc. It has become mandatory for day-to-day
activities: bills payment, online shopping and surfing, tutoring,
working, communicating with peers, etc.
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What is an ISP?
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Uses of Internet
The Internet is a global networking system that can be used on
most devices nowadays and has become an essential part of our
lives. In today's technological era, most of the companies are
getting their operations done over the Internet. There are various
uses of the Internet by which companies and individuals are
making their daily tasks more productive and more comfortable.
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What is World Wide Web?
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Difference between World Wide Web and Internet:
Some people use the terms 'internet' and 'World Wide Web'
interchangeably. They think they are the same thing, but it is not so.
Internet is entirely different from WWW. It is a worldwide network of
devices like computers, laptops, tablets, etc. It enables users to send
emails to other users and chat with them online. For example, when you
send an email or chatting with someone online, you are using the
internet.
But, when you have opened a website like google.com for information,
you are using the World Wide Web; a network of servers over the
internet. You request a webpage from your computer using a browser,
and the server renders that page to your browser. Your computer is called
a client who runs a program (web browser), and asks the other computer
(server) for the information it needs.
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What is E-mail?
E-mail is defined as the transmission of messages on the Internet.
It is one of the most commonly used features over
communications networks that may contain text, files, images, or
other attachments. Generally, it is information that is stored on a
computer sent through a network to a specified individual or
group of individuals.
Email messages are conveyed through email servers; it uses
multiple protocols within the TCP/IP suite. For example, SMTP is a
protocol, stands for simple mail transfer protocol and used to
send messages whereas other protocols IMAP or POP are used to
retrieve messages from a mail server. If you want to login to your
mail account, you just need to enter a valid email address,
password, and the mail servers used to send and receive
messages
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Uses of email
Email can be used in different ways: it can be used to communicate
either within an organization or personally, including between two
people or a large group of people. Most people get benefit from
communicating by email with colleagues or friends or individuals or
small groups. It allows you to communicate with others around the
world and send and receive images, documents, links, and other
attachments. Additionally, it offers benefit users to communicate with
the flexibility on their own schedule.
History of E-mail
Possibly MAILBOX was used at Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
which was the first email system of this type from 1965. For sending
messages on the same computer, another early program
was SNDMSG.
Later in 1972, Ray Tomlinson invented email to remove some
difficulties. Tomlinson worked (Like many of the Internet inventors)
for Newman and Bolt Beranek as an ARPANET contractor. To denote
sending messages from one computer to another, he picked up the @
symbol from the keyboard.
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Advantages of Email
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Disadvantages of Email
Spam: Although in recent days, the features of email have been improved,
there are still big issues with unsolicited advertising arriving and spam
through email. It can easily become overwhelming and takes time and
energy to control.
Information Overload: As it is very easy to send email to many people at a
time, which can create information overload. In many modern workplaces, it
is a major problem where it is required to move a lot of information and
impossible to tell if an email is important. And, email needs organization and
upkeep. The bad feeling is one of the other problems with email when you
returned from vacation and found hundreds of unopened emails in your
inbox.
Viruses: Although there are many ways to travel viruses in the devices,
email is one of the common ways to enter viruses and infect devices.
Sometimes when you get a mail, it might be the virus come with an attached
document. And, the virus can infect the system when you click on the email
and open the attached link. Furthermore, an anonymous person or a trusted
friend or contact can send infected emails.
Insecure: There are many hackers available that want to gain your
important information, so email is a common source to seek sensitive data,
such as political, financial, documents, or personal messages. In recent
times, there have various high-profile cases occurred that shown how email
is insecure about information theft.
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SMTP
SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
SMTP is a set of communication guidelines that allow software to
transmit an electronic mail over the internet is called Simple Mail
Transfer Protocol.
It is a program used for sending messages to other computer users based
on e-mail addresses.
It provides a mail exchange between users on the same or different
computers, and it also supports:
It can send a single message to one or more recipients.
Sending message can include text, voice, video or graphics.
It can also send the messages on networks outside the internet.
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Working of E-mail
Email working follows the client server approach. In this
client is the mailer i.e. the mail application or mail
program and server is a device that manages emails.
Following example will take you through the basic steps
involved in sending and receiving emails and will give you
a better understanding of working of email system:
Suppose person A wants to send an email message to
person B.
Person A composes the messages using a mailer program
i.e. mail client and then select Send option.
The message is routed to Simple Mail Transfer Protocol to
person B’s mail server.
The mail server stores the email message on disk in an
area designated for person B.
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structure of email
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E-mail Header
The first five lines of an E-mail message is called E-mail header. The header
part comprises of following fields:
From , Date, To, Subject, CC, BCC
From
The From field indicates the sender’s address i.e. who sent the e-mail.
Date
The Date field indicates the date when the e-mail was sent.
To
The To field indicates the recipient’s address i.e. to whom the e-mail is sent.
Subject
The Subject field indicates the purpose of e-mail. It should be precise and to
the point.
CC
CC stands for Carbon copy. It includes those recipient addresses whom we
want to keep informed but not exactly the intended recipient.
BCC
BCC stands for Black Carbon Copy. It is used when we do not want one or
more of the recipients to know that someone else was copied on the
message.
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What is a Computer Network?
Computer Network is a group of computers connected with
each other through wires, optical fibres or optical links so
that various devices can interact with each other through a
network.
The aim of the computer network is the sharing of resources
among various devices.
In the case of computer network technology, there are
several types of networks that vary from simple to complex
level.
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NIC(National interface card)
NIC is a device that helps the computer to communicate with
another device. The network interface card contains the hardware
addresses, the data-link layer protocol use this address to identify
the system on the network so that it transfers the data to the correct
destination.
There are two types of NIC: wireless NIC and wired NIC.
Wireless NIC: All the modern laptops use the wireless NIC. In
Wireless NIC, a connection is made using the antenna that employs
the radio wave technology.
Wired NIC: Cables use the wired NIC to transfer the data over the
medium.
Hub
Hub is a central device that splits the network connection into
multiple devices. When computer requests for information from a
computer, it sends the request to the Hub. Hub distributes this
request to all the interconnected computers.
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Switches
Switch is a networking device that groups all the devices over the
network to transfer the data to another device. A switch is better than
Hub as it does not broadcast the message over the network, i.e., it sends
the message to the device for which it belongs to. Therefore, we can say
that switch sends the message directly from source to the destination.
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Computer Network Types
A computer network is a group of computers linked to each other
that enables the computer to communicate with another
computer and share their resources, data, and applications.
A computer network can be categorized by their size. A computer
network is mainly of three types:
LAN(Local Area Network)
MAN(Metropolitan Area Network)
WAN(Wide Area Network)
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LAN(Local Area Network)
Local Area Network is a group of computers connected to each
other in a small area such as building, office.
LAN is used for connecting two or more personal computers
through a communication medium such as twisted pair, coaxial
cable, etc.
It is less costly as it is built with inexpensive hardware such as
hubs, network adapters, and ethernet cables.
The data is transferred at an extremely faster rate in Local Area
Network.
Local Area Network provides higher security.
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MAN(Metropolitan Area Network
A metropolitan area network is a network that covers a larger
geographic area by interconnecting a different LAN to form a
larger network.
Government agencies use MAN to connect to the citizens and
private industries.
In MAN, various LANs are connected to each other through a
telephone exchange line.
The most widely used protocols in MAN are RS-232, Frame Relay,
ATM, ISDN, OC-3, ADSL, etc.
It has a higher range than Local Area Network(LAN).
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WAN(Wide Area Network)
A Wide Area Network is a network that extends over a large
geographical area such as states or countries.
A Wide Area Network is quite bigger network than the LAN.
A Wide Area Network is not limited to a single location, but
it spans over a large geographical area through a telephone
line, fibre optic cable or satellite links.
The internet is one of the biggest WAN in the world.
A Wide Area Network is widely used in the field of Business,
government, and education.
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