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Buchanan, William J (1997) Mastering Global Information Systems. Macmillan Press. ISBN 0-333-68951-8
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Abstract/Description
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.
| Item Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 0-333-68951-8 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Global Information Systems; data communications; digital information sources; multimedia; internet; World Wide Web; Local Area Networking; |
| University Divisions/Research Centres: | Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Creative Industries > School of Computing |
| Dewey Decimal Subjects: | 000 Computer science, information & general works > 000 Computer science, knowledge & systems > 004 Data processing & computer science |
| Library of Congress Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Item ID: | 4015 |
| Depositing User: | Professor Bill Buchanan |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Dec 2010 14:23 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Jan 2011 04:57 |
| URI: | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4015 |
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