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 Computer Network Encyclopedia Article @ LaunchBase.com (Launch Base)
Computer networking is sometimes considered a sub-discipline of telecommunications.
Linking output systems like teletypes to computers was an interest at the Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPA when, in 1962, J.C.R. Licklider was hired and developed a working group he called the "Intergalactic Network", a precursor to the ARPANet.
In 1968 Paul Baran proposed a network system consisting of datagrams or packets that could be used in a packet switching network between computer systems.
http://www.launchbase.com/encyclopedia/Computer_network   (407 words)

  
 computer network - definition of computer network by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
computer network - (computer science) a network of computers
computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
client, guest, node - (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
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 Computer network - definition of Computer network in Encyclopedia
A computer network is a system for communication among two or more computers.
Computer network - definition of Computer network in Encyclopedia
Network - eLook Computing Reference (http://www.elook.org/computing/network.htm) - defines what a network is and provides leading links
http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Computer_network   (111 words)

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