Bloomsbury Home
This product is usually dispatched within 3 days
- Delivery and returns info
-
Free CA delivery on orders $40 or over
Description
This book provides an excellent foundation in modern information systems and data communications. It has five basic themes:
- Digital Information Sources and Multimedia;
- The Internet, the World Wide Web and Java;
- Local area Networking;
- Wide area Networking;
- Video Conferencing.
The information sources material covers the main standards in digital information on modern computer systems. It includes the conversion of sound and images into a digital format.
The networking material introduces the main local area network technologies:
- Ethernet;
- Token Ring;
- FDDI.
Modern Wide Area Network technologies like ATM are considered, also the usage of ISDN and Modems for interconnection.
Table of Contents
Digital Information
Digital Storage
The World Wide Web Data Compression
Data Communications
Models, Networks and Standards
LAN Topology LAN: Ethernet LAN: Token Ring
LAN
WAN: FDDI MAN: Asynchronous
Transfer Mode (ATM)
Integrated Services
Digital Network (ISDN)
Video Conferencing
Modems Transmission
Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP)
Appendix: Information Sources.
Product details
| Published | Nov 11 1997 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 264 |
| ISBN | 9780333689516 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Series | Bloomsbury Master Series (Computing) |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Related Titles
