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  2. Networking hardware - Wikipedia

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    Core network components interconnect other network components. Gateway: an interface providing a compatibility between networks by converting transmission speeds, protocols, codes, or security measures. [2] Router: a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the ...

  3. Network interface controller - Wikipedia

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    A network interface controller (NIC, also known as a network interface card, [3] network adapter, LAN adapter and physical network interface [4]) is a computer hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network. [5] Early network interface controllers were commonly implemented on expansion cards that plugged into a computer bus.

  4. Computer network - Wikipedia

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    A network interface controller (NIC) is computer hardware that connects the computer to the network media and has the ability to process low-level network information. For example, the NIC may have a connector for plugging in a cable, or an aerial for wireless transmission and reception, and the associated circuitry.

  5. Computer network diagram - Wikipedia

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    A computer network diagram is a schematic depicting the nodes and connections amongst nodes in a computer network or, more generally, any telecommunications network. Computer network diagrams form an important part of network documentation.

  6. Network architecture - Wikipedia

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    The Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI model) defines and codifies the concept of layered network architecture. Abstraction layers are used to subdivide a communications system further into smaller manageable parts. A layer is a collection of similar functions that provide services to the layer above it and receives services from the layer ...

  7. Interface (computing) - Wikipedia

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    The exchange can be between software, computer hardware, peripheral devices, humans, and combinations of these. [1] Some computer hardware devices, such as a touchscreen, can both send and receive data through the interface, while others such as a mouse or microphone may only provide an interface to send data to a given system. [2]

  8. Network service - Wikipedia

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    In computer networking, a network service is an application running at the network application layer and above, that provides data storage, manipulation, presentation, communication or other capability which is often implemented using a client–server or peer-to-peer architecture based on application layer network protocols. [1]

  9. Operations support system - Wikipedia

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    The acronym OSS is also used in a singular form to refer to all the Operations Support Systems viewed as a whole system. Different subdivisions of OSS have been proposed by the TM Forum, industrial research labs, or OSS vendors. In general, an OSS covers at least the following five functions: Network management systems; Service delivery