COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK TOPOLOGIES
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Computers connected together over a small area, such as a building
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Several networks connected together over a large geographical area
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A wide-area network (WAN) is the technology that connects your offices, data centers, cloud applications, and cloud storage together. It is called a wide-area network because it spans beyond a single building or large campus to include multiple locations spread across a specific geographic area, or even the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -A wide area network (also known as WAN), is a large network of information that is not tied to a single location. WANs can facilitate communication, the sharing of information and much more between devices from around the world through a WAN provider.
Detailed explanation-3: -A wide area network (WAN) is a geographically distributed private telecommunications network that interconnects multiple local area networks (LANs). A LAN is a group of computers and network devices which are all connected to each other, typically from within a short relative geographical distance.
Detailed explanation-4: -A network which covers a larger geographical area, like a city or a university campus that has several sites, is known as a Wide Area Network (WAN). Connection to a network has many advantages for companies, such as: Instant update of fast-changing information across large distances, such as car prices, stock prices.