Standards for Open Systems Interconnection

Knightson, Keith G.; Larmouth, J.

ISBN 10: 0070351198 / ISBN 13: 9780070351196

Published by U.S.A.: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx), 1988

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Standards for Open Systems Interconnection
• Publisher: U.S.A.: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx)
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070351198
• ISBN 13: 9780070351196
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • computer science
  • technical
  • communication

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Synopsis

Today the ability of computers and devices to communicate with each other is assumed, but it was not always this way. Ever manufacturer had a different "standard interface between its own products and those of others. When data communications emerged as one of the most important function of computers this was no longer acceptable This book tells the story of the OSI, the seven layered protocol which became the basis for data communication and computer operation today.