TY - BOOK AU - Gallo, Michael A. AU - Hancock, William M. TI - Computer communications and networking technologies SN - 981-243-382-1 AV - 004.6 G13c PY - 2002/// CY - Singapore PB - Brooks/Cole KW - Computer networks KW - Telecommunication N1 - Includes index and glossary; Part I: Computer communications and network basics -- Overview of computer communications and networking -- Essential terms and concepts -- Analog and digital communications concepts -- Part II: Physical, data link, and network layer concepts -- Physical layer concepts -- Data link layer concepts and IEEE LAN standards -- Network hardware components (layers 1 and 2) -- Internetworking and network layer concepts and components -- Internet and TCP/IP Part III: Local and wide area networking technologies -- Ethernet and IEEE 802.3 networks -- Token ring -- Fiber distributed data interface (FDDI) -- Integrated services digital network (ISDN) -- Frame relay -- Switched mulimegabit data service (SMDS) -- Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) -- Part IV: Related networking concepts, applications, and technologies -- Dialup and home networking -- Network security issues -- Network convergence ER -