Hybrid networks are the networks that are based on both peer-to-peer & client-server relationship.
Hybrid
networks incorporate the best features of workgroups in peer-to-peer
networks with the performance, security and reliability of server-based
networks.
Hybrid
networks still provide all of the centralized services of servers, but
they also allow users to share and manage their own resources within the
workgroup.
A packet is the unit of data that is routed between an origin of computer network and a destination of computer network on the Internet or any other packet-switched computer network.
When any file (e-mail message, HTML file, Graphics Interchange Format
file, Uniform Resource Locator request, and so forth) is sent from one
place of computer network to another place of computer network on the
Internet, the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) layer of TCP/IP of
computer network.
In the peer to peer computer
network model we simply use the same Workgroup for all the computers
and a unique name for each computer in a computer network.
There is no master or controller or central server in this computer network and computers join hands to share files, printers and Internet access.
It is practical for workgroups of a dozen or less computers making it common environments, where each PC acts as an independent workstation and maintaining its own security that stores data on its own disk but which can share it with all other PCs on the network.
Software for peer-to-peer network is included with most modern desktop operating systems such as Windows and Mac OS.
Peer to peer relationship is suitable for small networks having less than 10 computers on a single LAN.
Internet : A specific Internetworking, consisting of a worldwide interconnection of governmental, academic, public, and private networks based upon the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) developed by ARPA of the U.S. Department of Defense also home to the World Wide Web (WWW) and referred to as the 'Internet'
with a capital 'I' to distinguish it from other generic internetworks.
Participants in the Internet, or their service providers, use IP
Addresses obtained from address registries that control assignments.
Intranet : An intranet is a set of interconnected networks or Internetworking, using the Internet Protocol and uses IP-based tools such as web browsers and ftp tools, that is under the control of a single administrative entity.
That administrative entity closes the intranet to the rest of the
world, and allows only specific users. Most commonly, an intranet is the
internal network of a company or other enterprise. A large intranet
will typically have its own web server to provide users with browseable information.
Extranet : An extranet is a network of internetwork or Internetworking that is limited in scope to a single organisation or entity but which also has limited connections to the networks of one or more other usually, but not necessarily, trusted organizations or entities .Technically, an extranet may also be categorized as a MAN, WAN,
or other type of network, although, by definition, an extranet cannot
consist of a single LAN; it must have at least one connection with an
external network.
Internetworking started as a way to connect disparate types of computer networking technology. Computer
network term is used to describe two or more computers that are linked
to each other. When two or more computer networks or computer network
segments are connected using devices such as a router then it is called
as computer internetworking.
Transaction servers-
Clients invoke remote procedures that reside on servers which also
contains an SQL database engine. There are procedural statements on the
server to execute a group of SQL statements (transactions) which either
all succeed or fail as a unit. The applications based on transaction
servers are called On-line Transaction Processing (OLTP) and tend to be
mission-critical applications which require 1-3 second response time,
100% of the time and require tight controls over the security and
integrity of the database.
Database servers-In
database servers, clients passes SQL (Structured Query Language)
requests as messages to the server and the results of the query are
returned over the network. The code that processes the SQL request and
the data resides on the server allowing it to use its own processing
power to find the requested data, rather than pass all the records back
to a client and let it find its owndata as was the case for the file
server.
File servers. -With a file server, the Computer Network client passes requests for computer
network files or file records over a computer network to the file
server.
This form of computer network data service requires large
bandwidth and can slow a computer network with many users down
considerably. Traditional LAN (Local area Network) computing allows
users to share resources, such as data files and peripheral devices, by
moving them from standalone PCUs onto a Networked File Server (NFS).
Modem is abbreviation for Modulator – Demodulator. Modems are used for data transfer from one computer
network to another computer network through telephone lines. The
computer network works in digital mode, while analog technology is used
for carrying massages across phone lines.
Modulator converts information from digital mode to analog mode at the transmitting end and demodulator converts the same from analog to digital at receiving end.
The process of converting analog signals of one computer network into
digital signals of another computer network so they can be processed by a
receiving computer is referred to as digitizing.
Switching: Every time in computer
network you access the internet or another computer network outside
your immediate location, your messages are sent through a maze of
transmission media and connection devices. The mechanism for moving
information between different computer network and network segment is
called switching in computer network.
For
example: - whenever a telephone called is placed, there are numerous
junctions in the communication path that perform this movement of data
from one network onto another network.
The following are the distinct notes in favor of computer network.
1. The computers, staff and information can be well managed
2. A network provides the means to exchange data among the computers and to make programs and data available to people
3. It permits the sharing of the resources of the machine
4. Networking also provides the function of back-up.
5.
Networking provides a flexible networking environment. Employees can
work at home by using through networks ties through networks into the
computer at office.
A computer
network consists of two or more computers that are linked in order to
share resources such as printers and CD-ROMs, exchange files, or allow
electronic communications. The computers on a computer network may be
linked through cables, telephone lines, radio waves, satellites, or
infrared light beams.
Computer network can be classified on the basis of following features : By Scale:Computer networks may be classified according to the scale :
Local Area Network (LAN) Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) Wide Area Network (WAN)
By Connection Method: Computer
networks can also be classified according to the hardware technology
that is used to connect the individual devices in the network such as Optical fibre, Ethernet, Wireless LAN.
By Functional Relationship (Network Architectures) : Computer
networks may be classified according to the functional relationships
which exist between the elements of the network. This classification
also called computer architecture. There are two type of network
architecture :
Fiance is the life blood of trade, commerce and industry. Now-a-days,
banking sector acts as the backbone of modern business. Development of
any country mainly depends upon the banking system.
The term bank is either derived from old Italian word banca or from a French word banque both mean a Bench or money exchange table.
In olden days, European money lenders or money changers used to display
(show) coins of different countries in big heaps (quantity) on benches
or tables for the purpose of lending or exchanging.