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Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)

A MAN is a network which covers more area than a
LAN. It is spread across a city. As it covers a city, it is
known as metropolitan area network. Cable
television, branches of local banks within a city, etc.
are some common examples of MAN type network.

Wide Area Network (WAN)
A WAN is a global computer network that is spread across cities,

countries, or continents. It is formed by connecting various LANs
and MANs.

Personal Area Network (PAN)

A PAN is a computer network which is organised around a
person. It is used for communication between devices such as
printers, phones, PDAs, and laptops that are in close
proximity.

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The Internet is considered to be the largest Wide Area Network (WAN).

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

Network architecture is an overall design of a computer network. The architecture of a network
can be defined as the structure and organisation of the computer's hardware and software.
On the basis of architecture, network can be classified into two types:

1. Client-Server Network 2. Peer-to-Peer Network (P2P)

Client-Server Network

It is a network where several computers called clients or
workstations are connected to the main computer called the
server.

A computer which provides services to the clients and
controls the access to hardware, software resources and
other resources, is called the Server .

The computers which request services like data retrieval, storage, etc. from the server is called the
Client.

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