The Emergence of Net-Centric Computing: Network Computers, Internet Appliances, and Connected PCs

Cole, Bernard Conrad

ISBN 10: 0138978697 / ISBN 13: 9780138978693

Published by Prentice Hall, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Emergence of Net-Centric Computing: Network Computers, Internet Appliances, and Connected PCs
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0138978697
• ISBN 13: 9780138978693
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Presents the challenges facing the net-centric computing industry, including security, testing, maintenance, and reliability. The first section examines the first-generation of net-centric computing that depends on links to more powerful servers on the Internet and Intranet for full functionality. The second section evaluates hardware and software building blocks, the available alternatives, and the necessary technical choices. Section three discusses the need for increased reliability on the desktop, network computer and Internet appliance, servers, routers, and switches. The final section considers the emergence of multimedia on the Internet and World Wide Web, the new architectural choices that engineers will have to make, and the need for a paradigm shift from a graphical to a network user interface. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About the Author

BERNARD COLE is Senior Technical Editor, Embedded Systems/Net-centric Computing for Electronic Engineering Times, and a winner of the Distinguished Editorial Achievement Award from McGraw-Hill for a special report on Electronics in the Year 2000. He is author of Beyond Word Processing: Using Your Personal Computer as a Knowledge Processor. Cole resides in Flagstaff, Arizona, and can be contacted at bcole@cmp.