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You can set up certain computer resources — such as hard drives or printers — so that all computers on the network can access them. For example, the printer in Figure 1-1 is a shared resource, which means that anyone on the network can use it. Without the network, Marge, Lisa, and Bart would have to buy their own printers.

Hard drives can be shared resources, too. In fact, you must set up a hard drive as a shared resource to share files with other users. Suppose that Lisa wants to share a file with the Bart, and a shared folder has been set up on Homer’s computer. All Lisa has to do is copy his file to the shared folder in Homer’s computer and tell the Bart where she put it. Then, when the Bart gets around to it, he can copy the file from Homer’s computer to his own.