Networking

By using various connections between computer systems such as Ethernet cables or Wi-Fi you can establish a computer network with the right hardware. By networking devices together you are able to easily transfer data between different computers or create an active directory so that users can log into any machine and have their settings and files load on it.

It also grants you access to the internet allow users to browse websites either for entertainment, business or education. You are able to use online services such as email for communication and cloud storage with both been accessed world-wide.

Networks can also be used for improving efficiency of computer processes by spreading out large processes over several computers. An example of this is animation rendering where it may take a single computer several days to process a full movie, by using multiple computer the work is distributed between them reducing the overall render time.