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ICT PROJECT

BY: LAVANYA
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Local Area Network

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Wide Area Network


Local Area Network
A Local Area Network is a computer network that interconnects
computers and devices within a limited area such as a residence,
school, laboratory, university campus, or office building.

A LAN will usually be connected to hubs or switches, one of these


hubs or switches will be connected to a router to allow the LAN to
connect to external networks, e.g. Internet.
Local Area Network
A Local Area Network is a computer network that interconnects
computers and devices within a limited area such as a residence,
school, laboratory, university campus, or office building.

A LAN will usually be connected to hubs or switches, one of these


hubs or switches will be connected to a router to allow the LAN to
connect to external networks, e.g. Internet.
Wide Area Network
A wide-area network (WAN) is the technology that connects your
offices, data centers, cloud applications, and cloud storage together. It is
called a wide-area network because it spans beyond a single building or
large campus to include multiple locations spread across a specific
geographic area or even the world.
If a number of LANs are joined together using a router they can form a
WAN
Local Area Network Wide Area Network
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