CHAPTER 4

Network, Internet, and Cloud Computing

Learning Objectives

Understand computer networks

Recognize the importance of the Internet

Discuss cloud computing

Send and receive e-mail using Gmail

Store and share file with Google Drive

Create a LinkedIn account

We live in the information age, in a globalized world, and networked society (Castells 2005). Local events are monitored worldwide in real time. This characteristic changes the social and economic behavior.

Networking within the context of computer systems can be approached from the hardware infrastructure point of view. Also, discussing the relationships built in a network structure is another approach. The latter refers to the possibilities that are made from the physical ...

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