The Role And Role Of Computer Networking

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Computer networking has changed our lifestyle tremendously. It provided opportunity for many people to work at home. Today we use computer networking to do our banking from home, communicate with relatives, shop online, and even to entertain ourselves with music or by playing video games. We can get access to information on almost any subject we can imagine at the click of a mouse. Companies can save millions of dollars by sharing resources via computer networks rather than by shipping or traveling. Networking provides means for conducting video conferences and share software. “Computer networks function on a local area (LAN) or a wide area (WAN) based upon the number of people and the geographic distances involved. These can include a small business with two or three employees to major corporations to the Federal government of the United States.” (Computer Networking Majors Guide, n.d.) As more and more businesses and …show more content…

They organize, install, and support an organization’s computer systems, including local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), network segments, intranets, and other data communication systems. They correct problems with network communications, resource access, printers, and the computers. Here are some basic tasks for which a network administrator may be responsible: setting up and configuring network hardware and software; installing and configuring network media and connections; connecting user nodes and peripherals of all kinds to the network; adding users to and removing users from the network; managing user accounts, such as passwords, storage space, and file-access privileges; creating and maintaining a system for backing up data and program files; ensuring the security of the network; managing the organization 's e-mail system; managing users ' ability to access the Internet via the network; training users to utilize the network 's

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