Computer networking may be considered a branch of electrical engineering, telecommunications, computer science, information technology or computer engineering, since it relies upon the theoretical and practical application of the related disciplines.
A computer network has the following properties:
A computer network has the following properties:
- Facilitates interpersonal communications
- People can communicate efficiently and easily via email, instant messaging, chat rooms, telephone, video telephone calls, and video conferencing.
- Allows sharing of files, data, and other types of information
- Authorized users may access information stored on other computers on the network. Providing access to information on shared storage devices is an important feature of many networks.
- Allows sharing of network and computing resources
- Users may access and use resources provided by devices on the network, such as printing a document on a shared network printer. Distributed computing uses computing resources across a network to accomplish tasks.