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Mastering Global Information Systems

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. William Buchanan

    1. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK

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  • 1Clear style, demystifying approach to this important area of information and communication system
    2 Thorough survey of relevant systems and networks
    3 Many illustrations and diagrams to assist the reader
    4 Multiple choice exercises, and Tutorial question sections to give practical help and consolidatinformation

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Information Sources and Multimedia

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 1-19

  3. Digital Information

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 21-29

  4. Digital Storage

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 31-47

  5. The World Wide Web

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 49-75

  6. Data Compression

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 77-84

  7. Data Communications Models, Networks and Standards

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 85-100

  8. LAN Topology

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 101-106

  9. LAN: Ethernet

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 107-122

  10. LAN: Token Ring

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 123-132

  11. Lan/Wan: FDDI

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 133-145

  12. MAN: Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 147-158

  13. Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 159-172

  14. Video Conferencing

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 173-193

  15. Modems

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 195-211

  16. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP)

    • William Buchanan
    Pages 213-224

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 225-264
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK

    William Buchanan

About the author

WILLIAM BUCHANAN is a Senior Lecturer at Napier University, Edinburgh. He is an experienced computing author. He acts as a consultant to many companies, including British Gas and TransCo. He is also a founding partner of Real-Time Technologies, which is a start-up company within Napier University.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mastering Global Information Systems

  • Authors: William Buchanan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14411-2

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1997

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 264

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks

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