A computer network is a set of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes. Computers use common communication protocols over...
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The Network Computer (or NC) was a diskless desktop computer device made by Oracle Corporation from about 1996 to 2000. The devices were designed and manufactured...
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In computer networking, a port or port number is a number assigned to uniquely identify a connection endpoint and to direct data to a specific service...
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Computer and network surveillance is the monitoring of computer activity and data stored locally on a computer or data being transferred over computer...
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A wireless network is a computer network that uses wireless data connections between network nodes. Wireless networking allows homes, telecommunications...
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Computer network engineering is a technology discipline within engineering that deals with the design, implementation, and management of computer networks...
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A computer network diagram is a schematic depicting the nodes and connections amongst nodes in a computer network or, more generally, any telecommunications...
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Intergalactic Computer Network or Galactic Network (IGCN) was a computer networking concept similar to today's Internet. J.C.R. Licklider, the first director...
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full operation; or to a group of computers that are linked and function together, such as a computer network or computer cluster. A broad range of industrial...
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Server (computing) (redirect from Server computer)
A server is a computer that provides information to other computers called "clients" on a computer network. This architecture is called the client–server...
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Communication protocol (redirect from Computer networking protocol)
result in the best and most robust computer networks. The information exchanged between devices through a network or other media is governed by rules...
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content delivery network and DDoS mitigation company Cloudflare took the rights of the slogan by registering it. "The Network is the Computer" is a slogan...
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The Acorn Network Computer was a network computer (a type of thin client) designed and manufactured by Acorn Computers Ltd. It was the implementation of...
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Networking hardware, also known as network equipment or computer networking devices, are electronic devices that are required for communication and interaction...
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Computer network operations (CNO) is a broad term that has both military and civilian application. Conventional wisdom is that information is power, and...
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Computing (redirect from Computer technology)
killer applications. A computer network, often simply referred to as a network, is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication...
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A network host is a computer or other device connected to a computer network. A host may work as a server offering information resources, services, and...
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engineering and computer science, and can encompass areas such as electromagnetism, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, computer networks, computer architecture...
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system for assigning and managing names of objects connected into computer networks. It typically consists of a namespace and processes for assigning...
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Computer network programming involves writing computer programs that enable processes to communicate with each other across a computer network. Very generally...
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computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers. It often uses a computer network...
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Packet switching (redirect from Packet-switched computer network)
Packet switching is the primary basis for data communications in computer networks worldwide. During the early 1960s, American engineer Paul Baran developed...
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Virtual private network (VPN) is a network architecture for virtually extending a private network (i.e. any computer network which is not the public Internet)...
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History of the Internet (section Computers and modems)
build and interconnect computer networks. The Internet Protocol Suite, the set of rules used to communicate between networks and devices on the Internet...
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area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a single physical location. It is the most common type of computer network, used...
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network interface controller (NIC, also known as a network interface card, network adapter, LAN adapter and physical network interface) is a computer...
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telephone handset, a printer or a host computer. If a network is a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN), every LAN or WAN node that participates...
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In computer networking, a reliable protocol is a communication protocol that notifies the sender whether or not the delivery of data to intended recipients...
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Computer Networks is a scientific journal of computer and telecommunications networking published by Elsevier. List of scientific journals "Computer Networks...
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Internet (redirect from Global computer network)
interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a network of networks that consists...
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