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Connecting Equipment for Special Purposes
This chapter contains information that is useful only if you want to connect
your computer to networking equipment or to a TV or video equipment. (For
information on connecting TV or video equipment, see the last section of this
chapter and see Chapter 9, “Installing Expansion Cards.”)
Connecting to a network
This section contains information only for people whose computers are
connected to other computers through a local area network. A local area
network lets computers communicate with each other—for example, in
businesses, it is what enables more than one computer to share a printer and
access documents on a central, shared server.
Note: Using a modem is not the same as being connected to a local area
network. If you have a modem and the appropriate software that makes use of
it, you already have access to online services. If your computer came with a
modem, see the appropriate manuals that came with your computer for more
information about using online services.
Read this chapter only if you want
to connect to a local area network,
to a TV, or to video equipment.
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