The many faces of Networking

The Many Faces of Networking Before the great LAN explosion, networking, for the most part, addressed the connection of distributed devices to a central location. Although some pioneering companies, such as Digital Equipment, offered LAN technology in these early days, the bulk of the market was accustomed to a centralized computing environment. In this centralized approach, the primary concern was to find the most practical and economical way to connect terminals, printers, and other data …

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