Understanding Data Communications and Networks

(3rd edition)

by

William Shay

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Chapter 1: Introduction to Communications, Standards, and Protocols	Chapter 2: Transmission Media and Codes	Chapter 3: Analog and Digital Signals	Chapter 4: Making Connections
Chapter 5: Data Compression	Chapter 6: Data Integrity	Chapter 7: Data Security	Chapter 8: Flow Control
Chapter 9: Local Area Networks	Chapter 10: Connecting Networks	Chapter 11: Internet Protocols and Applications	Chapter 12: Internet Programming
Chapter 13: Circuit Technologies

Chapter 1: Introduction to Communications, Standards, and Protocols
International Telecommunications Union Web Site	Federal Communications Commission Web Site
National Institute of Standards and Technology	The Internet Engineering Task Force
First Electronic Computer	History of Computing
American National Standards Institute	Electronic Industries Alliance
International Electrotechnical Commission	International Organization for Standardization

Chapter 2: Transmission Media and Codes
Bluetooth	Personal Area Networks
Unicode	Free Space Optics
Iridium Web Site	Guide to Iridium websites

Chapter 3: Analog and Digital Signals
Hayes Microcomputer Products	Series V Recommendations - Data communication over the telephone network
Modem V Series Standards	Cable Modem Home page
DSL Forum

Chapter 4: Making Connections
USB 2.0	SONET
Firewire and USB

Chapter 5: Data Compression
JPEG home page	MPEG home page
Lempel-Ziv-Welch Data Compression	Image Compression Using Discrete Cosine Transforms

Chapter 6: Data Integrity
Introduction to Reed-Solomon Codes

Chapter 7: Data Security
Data Encryption Standard	AES and Rijndael
PGP web site	RSA Laboratories
RSA and the Internet

Chapter 8: Flow Control

Chapter 9: Local Area Networks
IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD (ETHERNET)	Working Group for Wireless Local Area Networks.
IEEE 802.2 LOGICAL LINK CONTROL

Chapter 10: Connecting Networks
Applet demonstrating Dijkstra's Algorithm

Chapter 11: Internet Protocols and Applications
InterNic Registration Services	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Chapter 12: Internet Programming

JavaScript Guide	Unix socket FAQ

Chapter 13: Circuit Technologies
X.25	Integrate Services Digital Network

Last update on: January 22, 1999