Windows 8 Bible

Some Networking Buzzwords

Networking has its own set of buzzwords. All the buzzwords you learned in earlier chapters still apply, but you have some new words to learn, as defined here:

• Resource: Items you use on the network, including a folder, shared media, a printer, or other device.
• Shared resource: A resource accessible to other users within a network. A shared folder is often referred to as a share or network share.
• Local computer: The computer you’re currently using.
• Local resource: A folder, printer, or other useful thing on the local computer or directly connected to the local computer by a cable. For example, if there’s a printer connected to your computer by a cable, it’s a local resource (or more specifically, a local printer).
• Remote computer: Any computer in the network other than the one you’re currently using.
• Remote resource: A folder, printer, or other useful thing on some computer other than the local computer. For example, a printer connected to someone else’s computer on the network is a remote resource (or more specifically, a remote printer).

Figure 50.1 shows an example of how the terms “local” and “remote” are always used in reference to the computer you’re currently using.

FIGURE 50.1 Examples of local and remote resources, from your perspective