The software components of computer network are:
Network operating system
Device drivers
Network protocol
Network Operating System
The group of programs that manages the resources on the network is called the network operating system.
Examples of network operating system are Novell Netware, Microsoft Windows NT, Linux, Unix etc.
ProtocolsProtocols are set of rules that the computers on the network must follow to communicate and to exchange data with each other.
Some examples of protocols are TCP/IP, ARP, HTTP, FTP etc.
Device driver
Device driver is a program that controls the functionality of the hardware device.
Example NIC driver controls the functionality of NIC
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