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What is communication?
The imparting or exchanging of information
by speaking, writing, or using some other
medium

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Early Modes of Communication

Shouting
Smoke Signal Pigeon

Mail or post Newspaper Telegraph

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Modern Modes of Communication

Analog RF Multi-media
communication communication communication

Computer
Cellular
Networks Internet
Networks
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Computer Networks
• Set of computers connected together
• Shares resources
• Most common resource shared today is
connection to the Internet
• Other shared resources can include a printer
or a file server
• Internet itself can be considered a computer
network.
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Computer Networks - Overview

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Classification of Networks

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IEEE Standards

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Evolution of Technology

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Internet
 Global system of interconnected
computer networks
 Use the standard internet protocol suite
 Serves billions of users worldwide
 Network of networks
 Consists of millions of private, public, academic,
business, & government networks of local to global
scope
 Linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless &
optical networking technologies
 Carries an extensive range of information resources &
services
 Inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide
Web (WWW) & the infrastructure to support email 10
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Electric Mail
 e-mail is a method of
exchanging digital messages
 From an author to one or more recipients.
 Operates across the internet or other
computer networks
 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an
Internet standard for electronic mail
transmission
 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
is an Internet standard that extends the format
of email to support: Non-ASCII characters
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Social Networks
 Online service, platform, or site
that focuses on facilitating the building of social
networks or social relations among people
 Social network service consists of a representation
of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, &
a variety of additional services
 Most social network services are web-based
 Provide means for users to interact over the
internet, such as email, Facebook (800 million
active users), Twitter, Google+ etc.
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Thank You

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