Dashain Experience

Dashain is the longest and the most important festival of Nepal. Generally Dashain falls in late September to mid October, right after the monsoon season in Nepal. Dashain gets many different nick names as Dasara, Bada Dashain, Vijaya Dashain, Durga Puja, all of which mean the same thing, Dashain, a day of Victory over Demons.

According to the legend, the bloodthirsty Goddess, Durga conquered evils on the Dashain day. Huge amount of animal sacrifices take place during the festival in temples and in home to please the Goddess Durga. Some people may take such animal sacrifices negatively but they might forget how they came by their meat on their plate!The final day of the festival is known as `Tika’, a day on which the elder ones give `Tika’ to the younger ones and to other relatives who come for their blessings.

According to the legend, the bloodthirsty Goddess, Durga conquered evils on the Dashain day. Huge amount of animal sacrifices take place during the festival in temples and in home to please the Goddess Durga. Some people may take such animal sacrifices negatively but they might forget how they came by their meat on their plate! There are lots of western countries consuming mass amount of meat, animals are slaughtered in factories by the hundreds and thousands. The final day of the festival is known as `Tika’, a day on which the elder ones give `Tika’ to the younger ones and to other relatives who come for their blessings.

I celebrated Dashain with lots of fun. I didnt go to my village this time. My family decided to celebrate here this year. I enjoyed preety much.
First, our parents put tika on our forhead of all of my siblings starting with my eldest sis. Then after we were done in our home we went to our relatives
home.A lot of our relatives had gathered in the same place. Then my Gramps and Grandma put tika on my Parents.

Then my siblings after tika we drank some cold drinks and ate some food. All of my relatives were enjoying there while me and my brother went for a walk. We saw a swing on the way. We played for a while and returned to our Relatives home, Enjoyed there till night and returned home at 7pm.

* Answer these questions

1. Define computer network.

---> A group of computer connected together to share data, information, software and even hardware in high speed is known as computer network.

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2. Write any three advantages of computer network.

---> The three advantages of computer network are as follow:
                * It is easy for users  to backup important data and information.
                * Computer network allows user to share data and software at the same time.
                * Computer network makes the communication between different users easier and faster.
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3. What are protocol?

---> Protocols are the setup rules which are responsible to send and receive data in computer networks.
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4. What is repeater?

---> A device of a network that regenerates the signal and converts a weak signal to a strong one is known as repeater.

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5. What is hub?

---> A small device with multiple ports which provides physical connection to different devices is known as hub.

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6. What is Network Interface Card (NIC) ?


---> A device which is mounted on the motherboard which is used to control the flow of data between two different computers is known as Network Interface Card.

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7. What is network operating system?

---> A group of programs which are used to manage the resources on the network is known as a network operating system.

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8. What is medium?

---> A communication channel which is used to connect different computers and devices in a network environment is known as medium.

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9. What is work station?

---> A computer where a user can work and access to share data and information is known as work station.



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10. What is server?

--->  The main computer of a network which provides services to other computer in a network environment is known as server.

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11. Differentiate between client-server network and peer-to-peer network.

--->  Client Server : The client server model of a network is one of the popular models, which consists of at least one server and one or more clients or workstations.
---> Peer to Peer Network : Peer to Peer Network is a group of computer which function equally as servers and workstations.



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12. Define LAN, MAN, and WAN.

---> A network that covers a very short area is known as LAN. eg- a network within a room, building, etc. ---> A network within a town/ a city to share data is known as MAN. eg - a network of branches of banks, companies, etc. ---> A network within a large scale of area is known as WAN. eg- a network within the branches of world bank, ADB, etc.