3.3+Networks

=3.3 Networks=


 * Network technologies **
 * Client, host, server
 * Mainframe, supercomputers
 * Grid computing, distributed processing
 * Ethernet, peer-to-peer (P2P)
 * Local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), virtual LAN (VLAN), wireless LAN (WLAN), home network
 * Internet, intranet, extranet, virtual private network (VPN)
 * Routers, switches, hubs
 * Connection types: optical fibre, cable, wireless technologies such as wireless fidelity (WiFi), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMax), Bluetooth, microwave
 * Network operating systems and utility software
 * Cloud computing
 * Storage technologies: for example, SAN (storage area network), RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks)
 * Network functionality **
 * Protocols
 * Synchronous, asynchronous
 * Remote access
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Bandwidth, broadband
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Bit rates
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Network administration **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Electronic security: for example, authorized access, levels of access, biometrics, login, password, firewalls, proxy server, encryption, secure socket layer (SSL), audit trails
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Licences: single-user, multi-user, concurrent, network, site
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Physical security: for example, locks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Monitoring: for example, keystroke monitoring, system performance, surveillance
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Network policies: for example, backup, archiving, disaster recovery, usage, redundancy, failover
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Codes of ethics and professional conduct: for example, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Data centres