3.4.5+Software+in+Networking

=**__Explain the Software involved in networking__**=


 * Software is needed to connect to the internet because without it the hardware would not know what to do
 * In order for a PC to connect to the router it has to have the appropriate client software to understand the router
 * The software deals with protocols data security and integrity in WANs and LANs
 * Software has to deal with the various security threats from the internet (Trojans, Worms, Viruses, network attacks) in order to stop the computer from being corrupted
 * Networks are in constant need of new and better software to allow the networks to be more versatile etc.

Edited By: Daniel Gillo Last Edit: 21st January 2011

Sources:
 * Jones, Richard. __Computer Science Java Enabled__. Victoria: IBID Press, 2004.

Key points:
+ the role of communications software in connecting local and wide area networks; + the need to deal with protocols and data security; + the ways networking is used (internal communications, electronic mail, e-commerce, conferencing and distributed processing); + the use of LAN's, public and private WAN's and the internet.