Tuesday, November 24, 2009

WHAT IS LAN,WAN,MAN,CAN?

LAN:LAN Stands for Local area Network,its tie together equipment in a building or local areas,it is a network that connects computer systems and devices within the same geographic area

For example-Office building and factories etc

-It uses any fibre optic cable

 

WAN:WAN Stands for Wide area Network,it operate over a broad geographic area and it uses satellite transmission telephone line.WAN consists of computer equipment owned by the user,together with data communication equipment provided by a common carrier.

 

MAN:MAN Stands for Metropolitan Area Network,this covers the entire city and it is owned by single entity normal government body,large corporation.

 

CAN:CAN Stands for Campus/Cluster Area Network,it consists of interconnected network,all freely exchanging information.

1 comment:

  1. Nice definition. I must say that you have explained the meaning of this complex term in such a simple language that is easy to interpret. And the example that is used describes the whole idea of this important process.
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