types of computer networks

TYPES OF COMPUTER NETWORK

BY - YATHARTH ASOPA CLASS-8D

SCHOOL - NEW HORIZON GURUKUL

COMPUTER NETWORK A COMPUTER NETWORK IS A COLLECTION

OF COMPUTERS AND PERIPHERAL DEVICES (COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS NTWORK COMENPONTS) CONNECTED BY COMMUNICATION LINKS.

TYPES OF COMPUTER NETWORK THERE ARE VARIOUS TYPES OF

COMPUTER NETWORKS. GENERALLY, THE FOLLOWING TYPED OF NETWORK ARE USED. THEY ARE

I. PERSONAL AREA NETWORK (PAN)II. LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN)III. CAMPUS AREA NETWORK (CAN)IV. METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK (MAN)V. WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN)

PERSONAL AREA NETWORK(PAN)

A PERSONAL AREA NETWORK (PAN) IS A COMPUTER NETWORK USED FOR COMUNICATION AMONG VARIOUS ELECTRONIC DEVICES SUCH AS PERSONAL COMPUTERS,MOBILE PHONES IN A CLOSE PROXIMITY. THE AREA OF PERSONAL AREA NETWORK IS ONLY AFEW METERS.PERSONAL AREA NETWORK CAN BE USED FOR COMMUNICATION AMONG THE DEVICES OR FOR COMMUNICATION OVER THE INTERNET. PERSONAL AREA NETWOR MAY USE WIRELESS CONNECTION AS WELL.

LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LAN)LOCAL AREA IS THE MOST COMMON YPE

OF NETWOK. LOCAL AREA NETWORK CONNECTS COMPUTERS,DEVICES WHICH ARE CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER, SUCH AS IN ONE BUILDING.USALLY ,LOCAL AREA NETWORK HAS MORE THAN 100 COMPUTERS

CAMPUS AREA NETWORK (CAN)A CAMPUS AREA NETWORK IS A COMPUTER

NETWORK MADE OUT OF AN INTERCONNECTION OF TWR MORE LOCAL AREA NETWORK (LANs) WITHIN A LIMITED AREA. A CAMPUS AREA NETWORK IS LARGE THAN LOCAL AREA NETWORK BUT SMALLER THAN WIDE AREA NETWORK(WAN).

METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKA METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK (MAN)

IS ALSO IS A COLLLECTION OF LOCAL AREA NETWORK.METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK CONNECTS COMPUTERS LOCATED IN THE SAME GOEGRAPHICAL AREA SUCH AS A CITY OR TOWN.

WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN)WIDE AREA NETWORK CONNECTS A

LOCAL AREA NETWORK AND METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK TOGETHER. THE NETWORK THAT MAKE UP A WIDE AREA NETWORK,MAY BE LOCATED THROUGHOUTA COUNTRY OR EVEN AROUND THE WORLD.

WHEN A SINGLE COMPANY OWNS AND CONTROLS A WIDE AREA NETWORK, IT IS OFTEN CALLED AS AN ENTERPRISE NETWORK.