How networks work / Frank J. Derfler and Les Freed ; illustrated by Michael Troller.
By: Derfler, Frank J.
Contributor(s): Freed, Les.
Material type: BookSeries: How it works series (Emeryville, Calif.).Publisher: Emeryville, CA : Ziff-Davis Press, 1996Edition: 2nd ed.Description: ix, 198 p. : col.ill. ; 26 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1562763768.Subject(s): Computer networks | Local area networks (Computer networks)DDC classification: 004.6Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 004.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00126714 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An introduction to the basic structure and operation of computer networks explains and illustrates the underlying technology of networks and discusses e-mail, the Internet, security, and more.
Previous ed.: 1993.
Includes index.
Part 1: Communicating by Wire -- The Telegraph -- The Telephone -- Printing Telegraphs -- Part 2: Mixing Computers and Telephones -- The early networks -- From keypunches to terminals to the Carterfone -- Alphabet Soup: Morse, Baudot, ASCII and EBCDIC -- The Bell 103 Modem -- Dialing for Data -- The RS-232C Serial Interface -- The personal computer as a terminal -- Smart Modems -- The Fax Modem -- Computer Telephony Integration -- Part 3: Local Area Networks (LANs) -- A network model -- Network Operating Systems -- The Network Interface Card -- Network Cabling -- Server-Based LANs -- Peer-to-peer Networks -- Enterprise Network systems -- Remote LAN Access -- Network Security -- Part 4: Links between LANs -- Repeaters, Bridges, Routers and Switches -- Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) -- Circuit-Switched Digital Services -- Packet-Switching Networks -- Part 5: Workgroup applications -- Online information services -- Electronic-mail systems -- Beyond electronic mail: Groupware for productivity -- The internet.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction
- I Communicating by Wire
- 1 How Telegraphs Work
- 2 How Early Telephones Worked
- II Mixing Computers and Telephones
- 3 How Early Networks Worked
- 4 How Early Communications Terminals Worked
- 5 How Data Is Encoded
- 6 How a Modem Works
- 7 How a Remote Terminal Work
- 8 How Serial Communication Works
- 9 The PC As a Terminal
- 10 How Broadband Works
- 11 How Computer Telephony Integration Works
- III Local Area Networks (LANs)
- 12 How Local Area Networks Work
- 13 How Networking Operating Systems Work
- 14 How Network Interface Cards Work
- 15 How Network Cables Work
- 16 How TCP/IP Works
- 17 How Server-Based LANs Work
- 18 How Peer-to-Peer Networks Work
- 19 How Enterprise Network Systems Work
- IV Links Between LANs
- 20 How Routers, Switches, and Firewalls Work
- 21 How Metropolitan Area Networks Work
- 22 How Circuit-Switched Digital Networks Work
- 23 How Packet-Switched Networks Work
- V The Internet
- 24 How Internet Connections Work
- 25 How Network Security Works
- VI Networks for e-Business
- 26 How e-Business Infrastructure Works
- VII Intertainment
- 28 How Convergence Works
- Index