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Connectivity Devices. Storage & Connectivity. Connectivity Devices. Storage & Connectivity. Allow user to connect to networks via Ethernet cable or Wi-Fi Nowadays integrally fitted into the motherboard
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Connectivity Devices Storage & Connectivity
Connectivity Devices Storage & Connectivity
Allow user to connect to networks via Ethernet cable or Wi-Fi • Nowadays integrally fitted into the motherboard • Most modern computers will include wireless network facility in addition to the cabled connection Network Interface Card (NIC) Storage & Connectivity
Enables a computer to transmit data over, for example, telephone or cable lines • Computer information is stored digitally, whereas information transmitted over telephone lines is transmitted in the form of analogue waves • A modem converts between these two forms Modem Storage & Connectivity
Typically small, box-like pieces of equipment that multiple computers can connect to • Joins together multiple local area networks (LANs) with a wide area network (WAN or the Internet) Routers Storage & Connectivity
Hubs connects multiple computers together in a network • Allows each device to talk to the others • Anything that comes into one port is sent to all the others (computers) • Switches are more efficient than hubs sometimes called (intelligent hubs” • Only sends data to where it should go rather than all ports Hubs and Switches Storage & Connectivity