Mastering Global Information Systems

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 ConferencingThe 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* FDDIModern Wide Area Network technologies like ATM are considered, also the usage of ISDN and Modems for interconnection.