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Unit 4, Lesson 10 Comparing Network Types AOIT Principles of Information Technology Copyright © 2007–2011 National Academy Foundation. All rights reserved.
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Servers control client/server networks A client/server network is run by a server. It is the only machine that talks to every other machine. Server Client
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In a P2P network, all machines are equal In a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, all machines are equal, and each may send or receive data.
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Different network styles serve different purposes What are these kinds of networks used for? P2P File sharing Communications and messaging Content distribution Collaboration applications Client/Server Email exchange FTP transfers Domain name serving Web browsing and serving ISP hosting
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Thin-client networks Career media center & some classrooms. Type of client/server Clients are “thin” instead of “fat” Thin—no hard drive, minimal RAM Fat-large hard drive, large amount of RAM
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