TY  - BOOK
AU  - Black,Uyless D.
TI  - Data communications and distributed networks
SN  - 9780132034647 
AV  - TK5105 .B576 1993
U1  - 004.6 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
PB  - Prentice Hall
KW  - Data transmission systems
KW  - Computer networks
KW  - Electronic data processing
KW  - Distributed processing
N1  - Online version:
Black, Uyless D.
Data communications and distributed networks.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1993
(OCoLC)645852709; Includes index; TOC; 1. Introduction --
2. Overview of a Data Communications Network --
3. Data Communications Systems Operations --
4. Major Components in a Data Communications System --
5. Software and Data Bases --
6. Transmission Impairments --
7. Data Link Controls/Line Protocols --
8. Digital Transmission --
9. Distributed Network Architectures --
10. Remote Procedure Calls --
11. Local Area Networks --
12. Managing Distributed Systems --
13. Design Considerations; CSE
N2  - A practical tutorial which examines the relationships of data communications and distributed networks - with an emphasis on distributed communications protocols, distributed data bases and client-server relationships. It provides a user-friendly, non-algorithmic description of the subject with extensive use of graphics, flow charts and tables, highlighting prevalent distributed network protocols and describing how to manage distributed networks. The book is aimed at first year undergraduate courses in data communications or data networks in departments of computer science or electrical engineering
UR  - http://www.worldcat.org/title/data-communications-and-distributed-networks/oclc/26398410&referer=brief_results
ER  -