TY - BOOK AU - White,Curt M. TI - Data communications & computer networks: a business user's approach SN - 9781305116634 AV - TK5105 .W58 2016 U1 - 004.6 23 PY - 2016///] CY - Australia, Brazil PB - CENGAGE Learning KW - Computer networks KW - OSI (Computer network standard) KW - Data transmission systems KW - fast N1 - Includes index; 1. Introduction to Computer Networks and Data Communications -- 2. Fundamentals of Data and Signals -- 3. Conducted and Wireless Media -- 4. Making Connections -- 5. Making Connections Efficient: Multiplexing and Compression -- 6. Errors, Error Detection, and Error Control. 7 -- Local Area Networks: Part 1 -- 8. Local Area Networks: Part 2 -- 9. Introduction to Metropolitan Area Networks and Wide Area Networks -- 10. The Internet -- 11. Voice and Data Delivery Networks -- 12. Network Security -- 13. Network Design and Management N2 - Providing essential information for business managers, computer programmers, system designers, as well as home computer users, this book provides a thorough introduction that includes coverage of the language of computer networks as well as the effects of data communications on business and society ER -