Whenever a computer connects to a network, the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol assigns an IP address to the computer. The IP address enables the workstation to interface with other PCs on the ...

Belle Wong is a freelance writer specializing in small business, personal finance, banking, and tech/SAAS. She spends her spare moments testing out the latest productivity apps and plotting her latest ...

Network and computer systems administrators are responsible for the day-to-day operation of an organization's computer networks. They organize, install, and support an organization’s computer systems, ...

Cybercrime comes in all forms these days. One recent headline told of the creepware or silent computer snooping that resulted in the arrest of some 90 people in 19 countries. Miss Teen USA was among ...

Several years ago, network computers were going to replace your PC, according to the published reports. The reasoning was that a “dumb” terminal connected to a powerful server would be cheaper and ...

This is hard to explain, but I have several computers networked together on via a 2wire modem. Each PC has a custom name that I created for it during the windows install. There are 2 computers that ...

Simply put, computer networking is the study of how computers can be linked to share data. The concept of connecting computers dates back to the 1960s, when the Department of Defense led the first ...