Today, many different types of computer are connected to some form of network. As well as PCs, many other devices can be connected, such as smartphones, smartwatches, fitness trackers, car engine ...

The interconnections of nodes in a communications network. Nodes are wired together in a star, bus or ring architecture. Ethernet uses a star configuration, although earlier Ethernets used a bus.

“Instead of looking at the network itself, we attach an external probe,” said author Conall Campbell. “The evolution of the ...