This book provides an excellent foundation in modern information systems and data communications. It has five basic themes: * Digital Information Sources and Multimedia * The Internet, the World Wide Web and Java * Local Area Networking * Wide Area Networking * Video Conferencing The information sources material covers the main standards in digital information on modern computer systems. It includes the conversion of sound and images into a digital format. The networking material introduces the main local area network technologies: * Ethernet * Token Ring * FDDI
Author Biography
WILLIAM BUCHANAN is a Senior Lecturer at Napier University, Edinburgh. He is an experienced computing author. He acts as a consultant to many companies, including British Gas and TransCo. He is also a founding partner of Real-Time Technologies, which is a start-up company within Napier University.
