A computer network is a combination of computers and other computer related devices connected by communications channels for the purpose of sharing files and resources among the users. The network may be of many types, with unique features of its own.
The primary objective of computer network is to share the files among various users. Among the various networks of computers, the internet is definitely the most important inventions of modern age. It is a huge source of information on any topic, it brought the era of emails and point to point communication through voice and video, allowing anyone to communicate with anyone else in the world; and it is also a great medium of new kind of business - the online business. Everyone in the world today depend so much on the computer networks and specially the internet, that it has become a part of our daily life.

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