Network and LAN

What is a LAN?

• Local Area Network
• Local Access Network
• Localized Area Network

What is a characteristic of a LAN?

• Small geographical location such as a school or small office.
• Really cheap to set up.
• Uses less cables than a star.

"To share hardware, software and data" is the answer to the question ...

• Why do we network computers and other devices?
• Why do we use wi-fi all the time?
• Why is a network complicated?

Which one is an advantage to networking computers.

• Data is easy to back up from a central server.
• Expensive to set up a network
• Complicated to maintain a network.

A computer that is not connected to a network is called a __________ computer.  All data is store on its hard disk locally.

• Standalone
• Workstation
• Network Node
• LAN

A computer that is connected to a network is called a ___________.

• Stand alone
• Mainframe computer
• Workstation or network node
• Personal computer

What is a disadvantage of a standalone computer?

• Every standalone computer would need a printer to be able to print.
• File servers can be expensive to buy.

What is an advantage of  a stand alone computer?

• An advantage of a standalone computer is damage control. For example, if something goes wrong, only the standalone will be affected.
• An advantage of a standalone computer is you can share files and resources

Why do we network computers together?

• So they can share files and resources.
• To have sole use of a machine and avoid bandwidth limitations.

A computer network is ___ connected together.

• One computer
• Two or more
• Three or more
• Four or more