Data Communications and Computer Networks: A Business User’s Approach - Hardcover

White, Curt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1133626467 ISBN 13: 9781133626466

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2012

Synopsis

Data communications and computer networks are vital in today's business world. Whether your career entails business management, computer programming, system design, or a related area, DATABASE COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTER NETWORKS, 7th Edition will give you the thorough understanding you need of basic features, operations, and limitations of different types of computer networks. The Seventh Edition retains many of the elements that made past editions so popular, including readability, coverage of the most current technologies, and a balanced presentation of both technical and practical everyday aspects of data communications. This book offers full coverage of wireless technologies, industry convergence, compression techniques, network security, LAN technologies, VoIP, and error detection and correction.

About this title

About the Author

Curt M. White is an associate professor in the College of Computing and Digital Media at DePaul University, where he has been since 1988. Currently in his 37th year of teaching, he previously taught at Wayne State University, Illinois State University, Purdue University-Fort Wayne, and Dominican University. Dr. White has published more than 30 articles on computer science and computer science education, two chapters in books, and two college textbooks. In 1997, he chaired the ACM SIGCSE's national conference on computer science education and more recently served as president of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges. He completed a bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. in computer science from Wayne State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1133626467
• ISBN 13: 9781133626466
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 448