Mastering Global Information Systems

ISBN-13: 9780333689516 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 264 str.

William Buchanan

Opis

This book provides an excellent foundation in modern information systems and data communications. It has five basic themes:

* Digital Information Sources and Multimedia
* The Internet, the World Wide Web and Java
* Local area Networking
* Wide area Networking
* Video Conferencing

The information sources material covers the main standards in digital information on modern computer systems. It includes the conversion of sound and images into a digital format.

The networking material introduces the main local area network technologies:

* Ethernet
* Token Ring
* FDDI

Modern Wide Area Network technologies like ATM are considered, also the usage of ISDN and Modems for interconnection.

Spis treści

Information Sources and Multimedia.- Digital Information.- Digital Storage.- The World Wide Web Data Compression.- Data Communications.- Models, Networks and Standards.- LAN Topology LAN: Ethernet LAN: Token Ring.- LAN.- WAN: FDDI MAN: Asynchronous.- Transfer Mode (ATM).- Integrated Services.- Digital Network (ISDN).- Video Conferencing.- Modems Transmission.- Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP).- Appendix: Information Sources.

O autorze

WILLIAM BUCHANAN is a Senior Lecturer at Napier University, Edinburgh. He is an experienced computing author. He acts as a consultant to many companies, including British Gas and TransCo. He is also a founding partner of Real-Time Technologies, which is a start-up company within Napier University.