notes/School/Analyse/Computer Networks.md

Computer Networks

Computers can exchange data if they are connected which each other.

This means that they can share resources, like:

• Hardware resources
• Data
• Programs

in #client-server-architecture, a computer (server) hosts, delivers, and manages resources and providers services to clients trough computer networks.

Examples: gameservers, webservers, email servers, etc...

• Applications require a medium/structure for exchanging messages/data therefore we need a network
• A group of interconnected computers is called a network.
• Computers in a network can operate independently.

There are different types of computer networks: Network Types