Data Communications and Computer Networks : A Business User's Approach

by WHITE

• ISBN13: 9780619160357
• ISBN10: 0619160357
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-03
• Publisher: Course Technology

Summary

This complete introduction to data communications is written to bring a fresh, readable, business-oriented perspective to the technology that lies at the heart of the booming telecommunications revolution. Providing a solid background of fundamentals to tomorrow's information systems professionals, this survey of data communications keeps a balance between the super-technical and the watered-down, providing a solid understanding not only of how things work, but how they can be applied to create business solutions. New technologies covered in this updated third edition include wireless technology, security, and the Ethernet; while maintaining the pedagogical elements that have been successful for students in the past.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Computer Networks and Data Communications

Fundamentals of Data and Signals

Conducted and Wireless Media

Making Connections

Multiplexing: Sharing a Medium

Errors, Error Detection, and Error Control

Local Area Networks: The Basics

Local Area Networks: Internetworking

Local Area Networks: Software and Support Systems

Introduction to Metropolitan Area Networks and Wide Area Networks

The Internet

Telecommunications Systems

Network Security

Network Design and Management

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