Before
you can start working with networking commands, there is some
basic terminology that you need to understand.
Network
A
network is a connection that allows machines to exchange information.
The following are two the types of networks:
- Wide Area
Network (WAN) - A network that is able to span thousands of
miles.
- Local Area
Network (LAN) - A network that covers only a small area of no
more than a few thousand feet (e.g., a small office building
or single floor of a larger building).
Distributed
Computing
Distributed
Computing enables users to access remote systems in order to share
information and network resources and to communicate with users
on other systems.
Server
Servers
are computers that provide resources to multiple clients. These
resources can be such things as file storage, e-mail services,
database access, etc.
Client
Client
machines make use of the services provided by the servers by connecting
to the servers over the network.
