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020 _a9781305116634
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050 0 0 _aTK 5105
_bWHI
100 1 _aWhite, Curt M.
245 1 0 _aData communications & computer networks :
_ba business user's approach /
250 _a8th ed.
260 _aAustralia
_bCengage Learning
_cc2016
300 _axxiii, 427 pages :
_bIllustrations ;
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _a1. 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
520 _aProviding 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.
650 0 _aComputer networks.
650 0 _aOSI (Computer network standard)
650 0 _aData transmission systems.
650 7 _aOSI (Computer network standard)
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