Definition of network

Definition of Network in terms of computer it’s nothing more than a number of computers (or computer like devices) connected together in some way. By looking at the way computer networks are connected we can be more specific about the way we describe them. For example a wireless network, or a wired network. Taking this further and introducing some terms you might see on some devices in your home, a local area network (LAN), or a wide area network (WAN). Nothing complicated here “local” means over a small geographic area, “wide” means over a very large geographic area.

Computer like devices can be those devices in your home that can connect to your broadband hub/ router by one means or another whether it’s WiFi or by a cable.

The internet is nothing more than a network of computer networks, all following the rules of TCP/IP allowing things to move around the network (email, web pages, apps, games, your voice if you use things like Skype), that’s all there is to it. There isn’t anything magical or difficult. The network in your home (the computers, laptops, games consoles), the network in a friends home (computers, iPads and so on) the computers used by Amazon to run their business are all connected together by one big “network of networks” called the internet.