Week 1 - Network Concepts

Question 1

1. What is a Client?

2. What is a Server?

Answer 1

1. ) Software that requests and displays information.

2. ) Computer hosts configured with software to provide information to other hosts on the network.

Question 2

1. ) What is peer to peer networking?
2. ) What are its advantages?
3. ) What are its disadvantages?

Answer 2

1. ) Devices are equal and can function as both clients and servers simultaneously. Devices can share access to files and other devices without need for a server
2. ) Networks becomes decentralised. Information can be located anywhere within a network.