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Data communications and computer networks : a business user's approach / Curt M. White.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Thomson Course Technology, c2007.Edition: 4th edDescription: xxii, 522 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781418836108
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 004.6   22
Contents:
Introduction to Computer Networks and Data Communications -- Fundamentals of Data and Signals -- Wireless and Conducted 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 Wide Area Networks -- The Internet -- Telecommunication Systems -- Network Security -- Network Design and Management
Summary: The latest edition of Curt White's top-selling text maintains a balanced approach between the technical and the practical aspects of data communications, providing a solid understanding not only of how things work, but how they can be applied to create business solutions. Updated to reflect new technologies, this text covers current concepts such as voice over wireless LAN, convergence, MPLS, and PPP, while maintaining the pedagogical elements that have been successful for students in the past.
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Includes index.

Introduction to Computer Networks and Data Communications -- Fundamentals of Data and Signals -- Wireless and Conducted 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 Wide Area Networks -- The Internet -- Telecommunication Systems -- Network Security -- Network Design and Management

The latest edition of Curt White's top-selling text maintains a balanced approach between the technical and the practical aspects of data communications, providing a solid understanding not only of how things work, but how they can be applied to create business solutions. Updated to reflect new technologies, this text covers current concepts such as voice over wireless LAN, convergence, MPLS, and PPP, while maintaining the pedagogical elements that have been successful for students in the past.

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