cmptr ntwrk s st f cmptrs shrng rsrcs lctd n r prvdd by ntwrk nds. Cmptrs s cmmn cmmnctn prtcls vr dgtl ntrcnnctns t cmmnct wth ch thr. Ths ntrcnnctns r md p f tlcmmnctns ntwrk tchnlgs bsd n physclly wrd, ptcl, nd wrlss rd-frqncy mthds tht my b rrngd n vrty f ntwrk tplgs.
Th nds f cmptr ntwrk cn ncld prsnl cmptrs, srvrs, ntwrkng hrdwr, r thr spclzd r gnrl-prps hsts. Thy r dntfd by ntwrk ddrsss nd my hv hstnms. Hstnms srv s mmrbl lbls fr th nds nd r rrly chngd ftr ntl ssgnmnt. Ntwrk ddrsss srv fr lctng nd dntfyng th nds by cmmnctn prtcls sch s th ntrnt Prtcl.
Cmptr ntwrks my b clssfd by mny crtr, ncldng th trnsmssn mdm sd t crry sgnls, bndwdth, cmmnctns prtcls t rgnz ntwrk trffc, th ntwrk sz, th tplgy, trffc cntrl mchnsms, nd rgnztnl ntnt.
Cmptr ntwrks spprt mny pplctns nd srvcs, sch s ccss t th Wrld Wd Wb, dgtl vd nd d, shrd s f pplctn nd strg srvrs, prntrs nd fx mchns, nd s f ml nd nstnt mssgng pplctns.