Interactive multiplayer or single player games
Digital multimedia libraries
E-Newspapers, e-magazines
3. Networks:
a) Read and translate the text orally.
b) Do the post-reading exercises.
A LAN, abbreviated from Local Area Network, is a
network that covers a small
geographical area such as homes, offices, and groups of buildings. Whereas a WAN, abbreviated
from Wide Area Network, is a network that covers larger geographical
areas that can span the
globe. An example of a widely used WAN is the Internet, which is a collection of tens of thousands
of networks that connects tens of billions of devices. Local Area Networks predominantly use
Ethernet
technology, which is a group of networking technologies that dictates how data is
transmitted over the physical media, with the most common media being CAT# cabling. Local
Area Networks can use both Layer 1 and Layer 2 devices; Layer 1 devices include HUB’s and
repeaters and the Layer 2 devices that can be used are switches and bridge devices. While LAN’s
use Layer 1 and Layer 2 devices, WAN’s operate using Layer 3
devices such as multi-layer
switches and routers.
