Draft:Outline of computer networks
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to computer networks:
In computer science, computer engineering, and telecommunications, a network is a group of communicating computers and peripherals known as hosts, which communicate data to other hosts via communication protocols, as facilitated by networking hardware.
Within a computer network, hosts are identified by network addresses, which allow networking hardware to locate and identify hosts. Hosts may also have hostnames, memorable labels for the host nodes, which can be mapped to a network address using a hosts file or a name server such as Domain Name Service. The physical medium that supports information exchange includes wired media like copper cables, optical fibers, and wireless radio-frequency media. The arrangement of hosts and hardware within a network architecture is known as the network topology.
What type of things are computer networks?
[edit]Computer networking can be described as all of the following:
Related fields and theories
[edit]History and evolution of computer networks
[edit]Early networks
[edit]- ARPANET
- NPL network
- Cambridge Ring (computer network)
- Merit Network
- National Science Foundation Network
- Intergalactic Computer Network
- International Network Working Group
- Network Computer Reference Profile
- IBM PC Network
- Paging networks
Development of the Internet
[edit]Types of computer networks
[edit]By scope
[edit]- Personal Area Network (PAN)
- Local Area Network (LAN)
- Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
- Wide Area Network (WAN)
By deployment
[edit]- Private network
- Public network
- Enterprise network
- Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- Cloud network
- Edge networking
By connection medium
[edit]Network topology
[edit]- Bus network
- Star network
- Ring network
- Mesh networking
- Hybrid network topology
- Tree network
- Grid network
- Overlay network
- Hypertree network
- Multistage interconnection networks
- Sorting network
Network architecture and models
[edit]Network hardware and components
[edit]- Networking hardware
- Router
- Network switch
- Hub
- Network interface card
- Networking cable
- Wireless access point
- Network bridge
- Network tap
- Network processor
- Network on a chip
- Converged network adapter
- Network block device
- Network-attached storage
- List of networking hardware manufacturers
Data transmission and media
[edit]Wired transmission
[edit]- Public switched telephone network
- Modems and dial-up
- Dedicated lines — Leased lines
- ISDN
- DSL
- Ethernet
- TDM
- Packet switching
- Optical fiber transmission
Wireless transmission
[edit]- Extreme short range
- Medium range
- Long range
- Satellite internet
- Mobile phone data transmission (channel access methods)
- LTE
- Paging (historic)
Network protocols and standards
[edit]- Lists of network protocols
- List of network protocol stacks
- IEEE 802
- IP
- TCP
- UDP
- HTTP
- DNS
- DHCP
- SMTP
- FTP
- ARP
- NTP
Network services and applications
[edit]- World Wide Web
- File sharing
- DNS
- DHCP
- Load balancing
- Proxy server
- Firewall
- Content delivery network
Network management and operations
[edit]- Computer network engineering
- Network management
- Network management software
- Network monitoring
- Network operations center
- Network administrator
- Network simulation
- Network emulation
- Configuration management
Network security
[edit]- Network security policy
- Network access control
- Network Access Protection
- Network address translation
- Air gap (networking)
- Intrusion detection system
- Firewall
- Encryption
- VPN
- Network forensics
- Network eavesdropping
- Network cloaking
Routing, addressing, and switching
[edit]- Routing
- Switching
- Addressing
Performance and metrics
[edit]- Network congestion
- Network partition
- Reliability (computer networking)
- Bandwidth
- Latency
- Quality of service
- Throughput
- Packet loss
- Hop (networking)
Advanced and emerging network technology
[edit]- SDN
- NFV
- IoT
- 5G
- 6G
- Edge computing
- Cloud networking
- Quantum networking
- Autonomic networking
- Cognitive network
- Information-centric networking
- Delay-tolerant networking
Computer network publications
[edit]Books on computer networking
[edit]Computer networking periodicals
[edit]- Computer Networks
- Communications, Computers, and Networks (Scientific American special issue)
Computer networking documentaries
[edit]Computer network organizations
[edit]- Computer Networks Laboratory
- Energy Sciences Network
- Japan Computer Access Network
- Museum Computer Network
- National Science Foundation Network
- Open Computer Network
Persons influential in computer networks
[edit]- Vint Cerf
- Robert Kahn (computer scientist)
- Leonard Kleinrock
- Radia Perlman
- Van Jacobson
- Danny Cohen (computer scientist)
- Robert Taylor (computer scientist)
- Wesley A. Clark
- Nii Quaynor
- Mark Handley (computer scientist)
- Raouf Boutaba
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]
Computer networking at Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
