When a set of computers/devices are connected to exchange data, the networks possible are:
- local area network (LAN)
- wide area network (WAN)
- wireless LANs and WANs (WLAN & WWAN)
Network topology includes:
- Bus
- Star
- Tree (hierarchical)
- Linear
- Ring
- Mesh
- partially connected
- fully connected (sometimes known as fully redundant)
