Software components of a computer network - Protocol, NOS, Device Driver [Computer Science - Grade X - New Syllabus]

 

Software components of a computer network

a)      Network protocol

b)     Network operating system

c)      Device driver

 

Network operating system [PMT 2075K]
Network operating system is a set of computer program that manages the resources on network. E.g. Novell network, Microsoft Windows NT, Linux, Unix etc.

 

Device driver

Device driver is a program that controls the functionality of the hardware device.