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Computer networking refers to the collection of computers connected together via cables or wireless technology. This allows computers to communicate with each other in order to share applications, data, messages, files, resources, and so on. The health care industry relies heavily on computers, and without networking them together it would be extremely challenging to achieve required tasks. Networking in most hospitals is handled by network engineers. While the technical features of networking are beyond the scope of this chapter, a theoretical understanding of key topics is important because of the role they have in today’s laboratory information system (LIS).
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Syed, M.A., Parwani, A.V., Pantanowitz, L. (2014). Networking. In: Pantanowitz, L., Parwani, A. (eds) Practical Informatics for Cytopathology. Essentials in Cytopathology, vol 14. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9581-9_3
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