Anatomy of Modern Systems

Computing Devices

Server: Manages shared resources and enables users and other computers access to these resources.

• Server Farm: For very large databases and high use.

Personal computing devices or clients:

• e.g. desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones.

Networks

Computer Network: Hardware, software, transmission media

Internet Backbone: High-capacity with high-bandwidth trunk lines and large high-speed computers.

Local area network (LAN): Small network for a single site.

World Wide Web (WWW): All the interconnected resources accessed through the internet.

Uniform Resource Locator (URL): Identifier for the Web to locate a particular resource.

Hyperlink: URL of a resource embedded within another resource.