Michelle Alexander Dr. Sanders Library 5050 Network and Networking

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Library 5050Library 5050

Network and Network and NetworkingNetworking

Networking Networking

What is a Network?A Network is a number of electronicdevices which are connected so that data is able to be transferredbetween them.

Network Management Network Management

What are we connected to?•PAN Personal Area Network•LAN Local Area Network•wLAN Wireless Local Area Network•MAN MetropolitanArea Network•WAN Wide Area Network

Connections: Let’s Put it Together

•Web server•IP Addresses•Domain name•URL Address•Browser•Internet Verses WWW•Search Engines/ Meta Searches

Network TopicsNetwork Topics•Network Protocols or Languages•CCITT Providing Standard Address•De Facto Use and Gateways•Central Processing Unit/ Cost Share• File Transfer•Networking Standards•Networking Companies•Internet Access•Chats/ real-time communication Communications/ Satellite

Library Automation in Schools and Public

Libraries

Management

InformationRetrieval

Communication

Educational and

Recreational

Security IssuesSecurity Issues

•Firewalls•Viruses•Filtering (Fortress)• Hackers•SPAM/Getting Rid Of•Child Security of Info

•Prevention from Accessing the ‘ports’ on the network that are used for communication•Application Gateways•Protection against Viruses?•Anti-Virus Software

Firewalls And Their Role In The Firewalls And Their Role In The NetworkNetwork

Filtering and the NetworkFiltering and the Network•“Allow List”=Limited Access•“Deny List”= Decisions Made By Vendor (less restrictive)•“Keyword Matching”•Combination of Approaches•Keyboard Monitoring Products-Chat Rooms, E-mail and Buying On-line /Filtering•ICRA Content Rating•Server Filters and ISP

The Role Software The Role Software Plays on NetworkingPlays on Networking

•Web Portal Software•Platform Software•Chat Rooms•Videoconferencing•Groupware

CommunicationsCommunications

BroadcastingE-mail

Fax

TelecommunicationsTelecommunications

•Data Transmission•Fiber Optic Cables•Greater Bandwidth•Digital Transmission•Videoconferencing

This refers to all data transmission from voice to video

Wireless

•Radio Waves•Fiber optic cables/ metal•Nodes•Innovation/Aviation•Browser Based Management•Handheld devices•Airconnect Products

Innovations

•Aviation•Anolog Verses Digital•Speed•Connections•Web Servers•Wireless Labs•Bandwidth

Article Highlights

•Baltimore Schools •Privacy for Child Records•St. Mary College•Aviation•Wireless Mobility•Laptops and Class $ •E-Rate Discounts •Business benefit Fiber Optics

We started with Sputnik, and here we are!

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