remotely puzzled

cap2361

I came across some practice questions that had me a bit confused. the terms "remote node, and remote control". Then there is the term remote access, (I am familar with this one.). Are these older terms for older systems? What is the differences between these and VPN and the such?

bellboy

in the case of vpn, the remote node would be the computer dialing in to the network, whereas local is on the same side of the router as the network