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Types of networksNetworks are mainly of three types:-

Local area network (LAN)Metropolitan area network (MAN)

Wide area network (WAN)


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Local area network (LAN)Local area network cover a distance offew feet to few kilometer .LAN areprivately owned networks within a singlebuilding or campus of few km in size. smallorganizations and institutions generallyhave this type of network.for eg. Local area networkhaving computers of several departmentslike sales, production, finance etc. theseare connected with each other through acentral server, having shared printer andstorage unit attached to it.


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metropolitan area network(mAN)Metropolitan area network are spreading

over an entire city. It may be a single

network or a group of several local area

network . This way, resources can beshared from LAN to LAN and from

computer to computer also.

for eg: MANs are mainly

owned by large organizations tointerconnect all their branches across a

city.


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WAN


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