| A | B |
| Communication Model | Sender, Medium, Message, Receiver |
| Network Components | Devices, Software, Media, Messages |
| Network Devices | Servers, Workstations, Printers |
| Nodes | Computers on a Network |
| Server | Manages access to and requests for network resources and services |
| Workstation | Network device from which you make requests of the server |
| Network Software | Controls the way network devices work together |
| Network Transmission Media | Carries the signal that one device sends to another device |
| Data | Refers to the form of the information |
| Information | Interpreted or decoded data |
| Client-server | Server acts ad a receiver and manager of messages |
| Peer-to-peer | Each workstation can either be a server or a client at any given time |