A computer network is a system of networks where computers are interconnected via peer-to-peer connection or client-server connection to share data, information and resources. Computer networking is the engineering discipline which concerns itself with the communication between computer systems and devices. Computer networking is not an independent science since it extensively derives most of its theoretical and practical aspects from other communications technology disciplines like telecommunications, information technology, computer science and computer engineering. It can be called a sub-discipline of these four major disciplines. Let us take a brief look at computer networking basics and get to understand how it all works. Read the rest of this entry »