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.
Mastering Global Information Systems