We summarize the chapter with following points:
- A computer network is a group of computers connected to each other in order to share resources.
- The components of a computer network are the substance that constitutes the computer network.
- A host is any device that offers networking resources to any other nodes and users on the network.
- A node is any device that can generate, receive, and transmit the networking resources on the computer network.
- A client is a computer that requests the resources in a computer network.
- A server is a network component that provides resources to the clients.
- Peer-to-peer (P2P) networking is a computer network in which the participating computers do not have predefined roles in the network.
- Client/server ...