Network Computing

• In network computing, the nodes are stand-alone computers that could be connected
  • via a switch,
  • local area network,
  • the Internet.
• The main idea is to divide the application into semi-independent parts according to the kind of processing needed.
• Different nodes on the network can be assigned different parts of the application.
• Links are TCP/IP packet-switched connections and the bandwidth varies with load, number of hops, and underlying communication technology.
• Physical layers introduce delays and may be errors, which must be corrected by retransmission and dynamic reconfiguration of the Internet's links.