Basic Component of a Computer Network

Workstation

switch

router

Server

An individual unit which can be used by a person on a computer network

Ex: file server, print server.

Laptops

Ex: Smart Switch, KVM switch, Poe Switch

Desktops

Tablets

Phones

Printers

Consider workstations as pages of a book while the computer network is the book itself

Sever is a computer that manages network resources, software and file.

connects local area network to the internet

A hardware device that filter and forwards network packets - this is router Sure?

The main system that every single workstation in a computer network is connected to.

A work station is called a laptop too.

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Clients can connect to a server through a either a local area network or a wide area network

Routers provide security and allow multiple devices to be connected while a switch can't