Data Communications and Computer Networks

A Business User's Approach

Curt White (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

456 Seiten

2021 | 8th edition
Course Technology Inc (Verlag)
978-0-357-67111-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Providing essential information for business managers, computer programmers, system designers, as well as home computer users, DATABASE COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER NETWORKS, 8e 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. Balancing technical concepts with everyday issues, it equips you with a solid understanding of the basic features, operations, and limitations of different types of computer networks. It offers full coverage of wireless technologies, industry convergence, compression techniques, network security, LAN technologies, VoIP, and error detection and correction. The Eighth Edition also offers up-to-the-minute coverage of near field communications, updated USB interface, lightning interface, and IEEE 802.11 ac and ad wireless standards, firewall updates, router security problems, the Internet of Things, cloud computing, zero-client workstations, and Internet domain names.

Autor

Curt M. White is an associate professor in the College of Computing and Digital Media at DePaul University, where he has been since 1988. Currently in his 37th year of teaching, he previously taught at Wayne State University, Illinois State University, Purdue University–Fort Wayne, and Dominican University. Dr. White has published more than 30 articles on computer science and computer science education, two chapters in books, and two college textbooks. In 1997, he chaired the ACM SIGCSE's national conference on computer science education and more recently served as president of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. He completed a bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. in computer science from Wayne State University.

Inhalt

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 04.11.2020
• Verlagsort: Boston, MA
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 215 x 20 mm
• Gewicht: 998 g
• Themenwelt: Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Netzwerke
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• ISBN-10: 0-357-67111-2 / 0357671112
• ISBN-13: 978-0-357-67111-5 / 9780357671115
• Zustand: Neuware