TY  - BOOK
AU  - Black,Uyless D.
TI  - Networking 101 
SN  - 0130931268
U1  - 004.6 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, NJ
PB  - Prentice Hall
KW  - Computer networks
N1  - 1.	Approach to describing user network sessions 
2.	Computer networks and why they exist 
3.	Example of a computer network 
4.	The joys of uptime 
5.	Point-to-point connections? 
6.	The switch 
7.	Resource sharing 
8.	Examples of network services 
9.	A network by any other name ... 
10.	Computer and human communications 
11.	Communications between humans 
12.	Communications between computers 
13.	Codes: the language of computer networks 
14.	Private instant messaging, chat rooms, and email 
15.	Just about everything needs synchronization 
16.	Codes: we've been using them for centuries 
17.	Binary numbers: bits, bytes, nibbles, and, sometimes, octets 
18.	Extending the analogy 
19.	The path between the computers 
20.	Sending and receiving user traffic on the communications link 
21.	Voice signals 
22.	Data signals 
23.	Is the link analog or digital? 
24.	Bits and codes on the link 
25.	Bits, bandwidth, and broadband networks 
26.	One way to increase bandwidth 
27.	Comparison of two different bandwidths 
28.	Why longer bits are more robust 
29.	Error detection: computers and humans 
30.	Multilevel coding 
31.	The modem and the telephone network 
32.	Defining the problem 
33.	Examining the solution 
34.	Modulation methods 
35.	Connecting to the telephone network 
36.	Sending ted's "payload" to bob 
37.	Location of the modem 
38.	Digital networks 
39.	Advantages of digital networks 
40.	Digital voice 
41.	Analog-to-digital conversion 
42.	It's all a matter of 1s and 0s 
43.	The all-digital network 
44.	Bit rates and broadband networks 
45.	Response time 
46.	Examples of bit rates 
47.	Broadband systems revisited

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