William J Buchanan

Mastering Global Information Systems (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781349144112
• Artikelnr.: 54784934

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.