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title: "Explain the characteristics of networking?"  
description: "Explain the characteristics of networking?"  
author: "Sandra Emily"  
published: 2022-04-25  
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tags: ["troubleshooting", "internet", "networking"]  
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# Explain the characteristics of networking?

[Explain the characteristics](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97177/explain-the-characteristics-of-instruction-and-execution-time) of [networking](https://www.mindstick.com/startup/26/zerotier-secure-peer-to-peer-networking-made-simple)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

**The characteristics of networking:**

- The geometric layout of computer systems is known as network topology. Bus topology, Star topology, Ring topology, mesh topology, and other topologies are commonly used.
- A **[network](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94988/how-do-i-change-the-public-network-to-work-in-windows-10) protocol** is a set of rules and signals that computer systems on a network use to communicate with one another. In a real-time context, LAN, often known as Ethernet, is the most popular network protocol. The IBM token-ring network is another common LAN protocol for personal computers.
- Network Architecture: Peer-to-peer and client/server architectures are the two most common types of network architecture.
- Data transfer speeds in LANs are often substantially higher than those in WANP, ranging from 0.2 megabits per second to 1 gigabit per second. WAN transmission rates, on the other hand, typically range from 1200 bits per second to somewhat more than 1 megabit per second.

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