A marine wildlife conservation research vessel operating at sea currently uses standalone laptops for scientists to record oceanographic measurements, telemetry data, and species sightings. The research group is planning to install a Local Area Network (LAN) onboard, linking all computers to a central server and a high-bandwidth satellite uplink for internet access.
Discuss the benefits and risks to the research vessel's scientific operations and data integrity of moving from standalone computers to this networked system.
105 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Computer Science Fundamentals of computer networks. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.