Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Need of Computer Networks

      Why we need computer networks



Computer networks help users on the network to share the resources and in communication. Can you imagine a world now without emails, online news papers, blogs, chat and the other services offered by the internet?

The following are the important benefits of a computer network.

File sharing:


 Networking of computers helps the users to share data files.

Hardware sharing:


 Users can share devices such as printers, scanners, CD-ROM drives, hard drives etc.

Application sharing: 


Applications can be shared over the network, and this allows to implement client/server applications

User communication: 

Networks allow users to communicate using e-mail, newsgroups, and video conferencing etc.

Network gaming:


 Lot of games are available, which are supports multi-users.




1 comment:

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