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Definitions

  • "A computer network, also referred to as just a network, consists of two or more computers, and typically other devices as well (such as printers, external hard drives, modems and routers), that are linked together so that they can communicate with each other and thereby exchange commands and share data, hardware and other resources."
    - The Linux Information Project 22 October 2008
  • "Network management means deploying and coordinating resources in order to plan, operate, administer, analyse, evaluate, design, and expand communication networks to meet service-level objectives at all times, at a reasonable cost, and with optimum capacity." - Kornel Terplan
  • "The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a set of concepts and policies for managing information technology (IT) infrastructure, development and operations."
    - Wikipedia Network Management 22 October 2008
  • "In computing, a protocol is a set of rules which is used by computers to communicate with each other across a network. A protocol is a convention or standard that controls or enables the connection, communication, and data transfer between computing endpoints. In its simplest form, a protocol can be defined as the rules governing the syntax, semantics, and synchronization of communication."
    - Wikipedia Protocol (computing) 31 January 2010

Systems Administration involves the configuration, monitoring and control of services that run on computer systems, which are connected on a network, while providing a quality of service to end users. Network Management involves monitoring and control of the resources on the network to provide an adequate quality of service to end users, in an efficient and effective operation for systems, typically using a central console and with minimal change to the systems being managed. - Neville Richter

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