A computer network is an interconnection of various computer systems located at different
places. In computer network two or more computers are linked together with a medium and data
communication devices for the purpose of communicating data and sharing resources. The
computer that provides resources to other computers on a network is known as server. In the
network the individual computers, which access shared network resources, are known as
workstations or nodes.
Mohapatra, P K; Shankar, Uma(INFLIBNET Centre, March NaN, 2001)
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Abstract:
This article deals with concept and scope of Local Area Network (LAN) ,
Intranet and their applications in the area of Online Database Services in
any modern automated library system, with specific reference to the
current status of online database services, presently in operation, at Central
Library , I.I.T. Kharagpur. In the introduction, authors present a short
description of the ongoing trends in information management field with
special attention to the need of the day for network based online library
services to overcome the age old barriers of geographical distance and
time . Further to this, authors present an outline of the existing strong and
secure computer network infrastructure available at IIT kharagpur, which
has created a favourable condition for switching over to large scale
online library services from the conventional stand alone mode of
services. They also present a simple but useful description of ‘Slingshot‘,
the interfacing software, and its application to put some of the CD – ROM
databases into online services through LAN/ Intranet.