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	BENEFITS OF A COMPUTER NETWORK PRINTER Networks are able to use one printer for numerous computers. This allows many individual computers to access a single network printer. This saves money and space for the organization. DATA Once networks were setup, people found that the next best thing was the ability to easily share documents. The type of server that stores files is called a file server. Data can be in the form of text, images, numbers or characters. PROGRAMS Server or Network based programs are programs that are loaded on to an online server or network as opposed to directly onto the individual computers. This program can therefor be accessed by any computer possessing the correct amount of bandwidth and system specifications. In short, it uses the server as an application server. WORK BETTER Organizations use networks for many purposes, such as making schedules for colleagues, picking up days for meetings (when everybody will be able to attend) and providing useful online connections for network-linked employees. Employees can communicate on a network with other employees through email. COMMUNICATING email Email is short for electronic mail, the transmission of messages over communications networks.E-mail messages are usually encoded in ASCII text. However, you can also send non-text files, such as graphic images and sound files, as attachments sent in binary streams. E-mail is one of the protocols included with the Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) suite of protocols. A popular protocol for sending e-mail is Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and a popular protocol for receiving it is POP3.POP (Post Office Protocol) means that email is downloaded onto your computer and then deleted from the mail server. Both Netscape and Microsoft include an e-mail utility with their Web browsers. Email is an abbreviation for electronic mail. Email allows you attach files such as videos, word documents, etc. and send them to other people. 3/4 of college students use the internet 4 or more hours a week! Newsgroups Newsgroup is a group email where users can write about the specific subjects and every time they send, it spams to whoever is on the newsgroup. They are free and the cover a good variety of topics. There are presently about 100,000 newsgroups but only about 20,ooo of them are in active use. news groups can sometimes be unreliable but they can also be a useful in finding information,friends and also to bring people together.News groups are normally arranged to according to hierarchies to make finding easy.