Data communications & computer networks : a business user's approach
Data communications and computer networks
Curt M. White
- 8th ed.
- Boston : Cengage Learning, c2016.
- xxiii, 427 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Includes index.
1. Introduction to Computer Networks and Data Communications -- 2. Fundamentals of Data and Signals -- 3. Conducted and Wireless Media -- 4. Making Connections -- 5. Making Connections Efficient: Multiplexing and Compression -- 6. Errors, Error Detection, and Error Control. 7 -- Local Area Networks: Part 1 -- 8. Local Area Networks: Part 2 -- 9. Introduction to Metropolitan Area Networks and Wide Area Networks -- 10. The Internet -- 11. Voice and Data Delivery Networks -- 12. Network Security -- 13. Network Design and Management
Providing essential information for business managers, computer programmers, system designers, as well as home computer users, this book provides a thorough introduction that includes coverage of the language of computer networks as well as the effects of data communications on business and society.
9781305116634
2014952099
Computer networks OSI (Computer network standard) Data transmission systems Computer networks