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{{Short description|Network that allows computers to share resources and communicate with each other}}

The following [[Outline (list)|outline]] is provided as an overview of and topical guide to computer networking:

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== What ''type'' of thing is computer networking? ==
Computer networking can be described as all of the following:

* [[Information theory]]

== Branches of computer networking ==

== Types of computer networks ==

* [[Personal area network]]
* [[Local area network]]
* [[Campus network]]
* [[Metropolitan area network]]
* [[Wide area network]]
* [[Storage area network]]
* [[Virtual private network]]

== History of computer networking ==

[[History of computer networking]]

==Data transmission==

[[Data transmission]]

===Wired transmission===

* [[Public switched telephone network]]
** [[Modem]]s and dialup	
* [[Dedicated line]]s — [[leased line]]s
* [[ISDN]]
* [[DSL]]
* [[Time-division multiplexing]](TDM)
* [[Packet switching]]
* [[Frame relay]]
* [[Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy|PDH]]
* [[Ethernet]]
* [[RS-232]]
* [[RS-485]]
* [[Optical fiber]] transmission
** [[Synchronous optical networking]](SONET)
** [[Fiber distributed data interface]]

===Wireless transmission===

[[Wireless]]

Extreme Short range
** [[ZigBee]]
* Short range
** [[Bluetooth]]
** [[IrDA|InfraRed(IrDA)]]
* Medium range
** [[wifi|WiFi(IEEE 802.11)]]
** [[wimax|WiMax(IEEE 802.16)]]
* Long range
** [[Satellite]]
** [[Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service|MMDS]]
** [[SMDS]]
** [[Mobile phone]] data transmission ([[channel access method]]s)
*** [[Code division multiple access|CDMA]]
*** [[Cellular digital packet data|CDPD]]
*** [[Global system for mobile communications|GSM]]
*** [[Time division multiple access|TDMA]]
** [[Paging (telecommunications)|Paging]] networks
*** [[DataTAC]]
*** [[Mobitex]]
*** [[Motient]]

== Computer networking publications ==



== Computer networking organizations ==



== Persons influential in computer networking ==

== See also ==
{{Portal|Computer networking}}
* [[Unsolved problems in computer science]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Sisterlinks|Computer networking}}

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