Belle Wong is a freelance writer specializing in small business, personal finance, banking, and tech/SAAS. She spends her spare moments testing out the latest productivity apps and plotting her latest ...

Computer networks and internet connectivity have changed the face of the modern workplace, allowing users and devices across the globe to interact with each other as if they were located in the same ...

A top-down exploration of networking using the 5-layer model and the TCP/IP stack. HTTP, FTP, DNS, BSD Sockets, concurrent servers, checksums, reliable transport with stop-and-wait, go-back-n, ...

(1) Any computer in the network. (2) A platform for personal computers introduced in 1996 that never caught on. However, the concept was valid and has subsequently been embodied in Web-based ...

Network and computer systems administrators are responsible for the day-to-day operation of an organization's computer networks. They organize, install, and support an organization’s computer systems, ...

Larry Ellison finally deserves at least a few kind words in this space. Not many, but at least a few. The famously egomaniacal oracle of Redwood Shores has been the source of great copy over the years ...

Drive mapping is one of the most convenient ways to connect to shared files and resources across a business network. In Windows 8, you can connect to any other computer in the network's shared folders ...

Computer networking companies provide products for internet connectivity and networking to encompass wireless and Ethernet connections. A number of companies in the sector offer IT security products ...

Occasionally, your computer may show up on the network with a "(2)" or other number in parentheses after its name. In some cases, it will appear this way in the sidebar of your computer's Finder, but ...

Simply put, computer networking is the study of how computers can be linked to share data. The concept of connecting computers dates back to the 1960s, when the Department of Defense led the first ...