Basics of Networking

What is networking?

So in simple words networking is an art of connecting devices together so that they can communicate with each other and transmit data.

Basic terminologies:

Client

A client is a hardware device or software that access a service made by the server. Client basically request for services to the server.

For example: When you type http://www.facebook.com, in this case your browser is the client which is requesting to server to show the page having URL(www.facebook.com) over internet.

Server

Server is a physical computer that is made to fulfill the needs of the requests made by client. It can be various types: Web Server, Print Server, Database Server, etc..

Host

A host is a computer, connected to other computers for which it provides services over a network. Theoretically, every computer connected to a network acts as a host to other peers on the network.

Difference Between Host and Client?

The host when ask for any request to server is called client. Host is basically a machine in the network recognized by unique host ID.

Packet

In networking packets are the small bits of data that are send over network. These packets are then recombined by the computer or device that receives them.

Frame

The packets are further breakdown in the form frames for sending the data.