Handbook of Data Communications and Networks (Telecommunications Technology and Applications Series (Closed)) - Hardcover

Reseña del editor

The object of this book is to cover most of the currently relevant areas of data communications and networks. These include: 

• Communications protocols (especially TCP/IP)
• Networking (especially in Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, FDDI and ATM)
• Networking operating systems (especially in Windows NT, Novell NetWare and UNIX)
• Communications programs (especially in serial communications, parallel communications and TCP/IP)
• Computer hardware (especially in PC hardware, serial communications and parallel communication)

• General data compression (Chapters 2 and 3)
• Video, images and sound (Chapters 4-11 )
• Error coding and encryption (Chapters 12-17)
• TCP/IP, WWW, Internets and Intranets (Chapters 18-20 and 23)
• Electronic Mail (Chapter 21 )
• HTML (Chapters 25 and 26)
• Java (Chapters 27-29)
• Communication Programs (Chapters 20, 29 and 49)
• Network Operating Systems (Chapters 31-34)
• LANs/WANs (Chapters 35, 38-46)
• Serial Communications (Chapters 47 and 48)
• Parallel Communications (Chapters 50-52)
• Local Communications (Chapters 53-57)
• Routing and Protocols (Chapters 36 and 37)
• Cables and connectors (Chapters 58--60)
  

Many handbooks and reference guides on the market contain endless tables and mathematics, or are dry to read and contain very little insight in their subject area. I have tried to make this book readable, but also contain key information which can be used by professionals. 

Reseña del editor

Data communications and networks are two of the fastest growing technological areas. This is because there is an almost unlimited demand for information transfer. Increased transfer rates give the opportunity for better applications and improved opportunities. These improvements lead to an increased demand for communications, and so on. Most people in business would now agree that networks and data communications makes their work easier and increases their productivity. Communication systems now cover many important areas of modem life. Without them, there would be no A TM bank services, no Internet, no video conferencing and no electronic mail. Ask most organizations about what their most important resources were and many would say that their communications infrastructure was the most important. Without it, they could not effectively communicate, and business needs good and reliable communications. Within a few years, the most important component in a computer system will not be the proc­ essor or the amount of memory it is has, it will be its link to the network. Computers systems will become just another part of a local and a global communications network. It must also be said that communications is making the world a smaller place. It is reducing the influence that governments and organizations have on our life and makes it much easier for us search and retrieve information.