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Defining a network and its benefits

Defining a network and its benefits

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Defining a network and its benefits

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(upbeat instrumental music) - [Instructor] We know that a network interconnects two or more devices, but what benefits does that really give us? Let's take a look at a few. First, a network gives us the ability to share resources. For example, several employees in an office, they might need to share a common set of files located on a file server or maybe share an expensive printer that lives nearby. Another benefit of networking is communications. And here we're not just talking about email, but things like placing a voice call over a network, and we can do that using a technology called Voice Over IP or VOIP. We can even have video chats, and send instant messages over a network. Yet another benefit is redundancy. If we have critical data stored on a computer acting as a file server for example, what happens if that computer were to break? Or what happens if it's destroyed by fire or flood? Do we lose all of our data? We certainly don't want that. So what we can do is send a copy of…

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