What are the types of computer networking?

Answer by  khel (32)

- LAN - Local Area Network - WLAN - Wireless Local Area Network - WAN - Wide Area Network - MAN - Metropolitan Area Network - SAN - Storage Area Network, System Area Network, Server Area Network, or sometimes Small Area Network - PAN - Personal Area Network - DAN - Desk Area Network

Answer by  Kazturk (81)

Wide area network, local area network, wireless local area network, metropolitan area network, and Storage area network, campus area network, personal area network, desk area network are all types. If you are looking for topologies, they generally are ring, star, and bus topologies and they outline the setup of the above mentioned types.

Answer by  calumetmarket (14)

A Local Area Network (LAN) is used for small geographical areas like a small office, Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is a LAN that utilizes wireless connectivity, and a Wide Area Network (WAN) is a geographically dispersed network; the most well-known WAN is the Internet.

Answer by  amitkinha (293)

Computer Networking can be defined as a series of computers that can share information with each other. Specific configurations include the bus, ring, star, and wireless networks.

Answer by  bob6518 (319)

there are quite a few different types of networks. you can have a local network, which is many computers networked together, an intranet, or the internet to name a few

Answer by  BrokenWits (382)

There are different types of how a network is setup like Ring, Ring Token, Ethernet, etc. There are also different types of network for location. A LAN (Local Area Network) is an enclosed network, a WAN (wider area network) that is usually associated with the internet, and everything outside the LAN.

Answer by  Bob86 (165)

computer networking is a broad term, for domestic purposes there is wired ethernet LAN using IEEE standard 802.3 and wireless LAN using 802.11(b,g or n) standards