NETWORK

Communications Systems Glossary

Communications Systems — Network

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A network is the interconnection of two or more computers by a communications medium (line, coaxial cable, fibre, IR or RF), together with appropriate hardware and software.

Other topics in our resources on Communications Systems related to Network include: 

network operating system (NOS) Campus network Internet

Local area network (LAN) Wide area network (WAN)

Internetworking Network interface card (NIC) ISO OSI reference model

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