Mastering Global Information Systems.

Buchanan, William J

Abstract

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.

Citation

Buchanan, W. J. (1997). Mastering Global Information Systems. Macmillan Press

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Publication Date: 1997
• Deposit Date: Dec 23, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 23, 2010
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: Mastering Global Information Systems
• ISBN: 0-333-68951-8
• Keywords: Global Information Systems; data communications; digital information sources; multimedia; internet; World Wide Web; Local Area Networking
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4015
• Contract Date: Dec 23, 2010