A computer network is a system for communication among two or more computers.
Computer networks may be categorized with respect to range:
- personal area network (PAN)
- local area network (LAN)
- metropolitan area network (MAN)
- wide area network (WAN)
- (Tiny area network (TAN)
Computer networks may be categorized with respect to specialised functions
- Storage Area Networks
- Server farms
- ARCNET
- DECnet
- Ethernet
- IP
- TCP
- UDP
- AppleTalk
- Token Ring
- IPX
- FDDI
- HIPPI
- Myrinet
- ATM
- RS-232
- IEEE-488
- USB
- IEEE 1394 aka Firewire, iLink
- X.25
- Frame relay
- Bluetooth
- IEEE 802.11
- System Network Architecture
For standards see IEEE 802.
Suggested topics:
- communication theory
- data transmission
- Public switched telephone network
- Modems and dialup
- wireless transmission
- Wired Transmission
- Optical fiber transmission
- Public switched telephone network
- Computer networking device
- Routing
- Bitnet
References
Andrew S. Tanenbaum, "Computer Networks" (ISBN 0133499456).