a business user's approach White, Curt M. creator text Australia Cengage Learning c2016 8th ed. monographic xxiii, 427 pages : Illustrations ; Providing essential information for business managers, computer programmers, system designers, as well as home computer users, this book 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. 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 Includes index. Computer networks OSI (Computer network standard) Data transmission systems OSI (Computer network standard) TK 5105 WHI 9781305116634 1305116631