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Introduction to Networking
- By Wendell Odom
- Published Aug 16, 2012 by Pearson IT Certification.
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- Sorry, this book is no longer in print.
Description
- Copyright 2013
- Dimensions: 8" x 10"
- Pages: 700
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-7897-4845-2
- ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-4845-4
Introduction to Networking provides you with a comprehensive overview of the technologies and standards that make the modern connected world a reality. Requiring no previous knowledge of computer networking, this textbook takes you on a tour of the building blocks of modern-day networks. Major concepts, such as OSI and TCP/IP models, network media specifications and functions, LAN/WAN protocols, topologies, and capabilities, are covered in detail. Industry standards and a brief historical development of major networking technologies are surveyed in conjunction with basic awareness of software and hardware components used in typical networking and internetworking environments.
Expert instructor and best-selling author Wendell Odom provides you with a solid foundation of how computer networks function. He then shows you how to build both local-area networks (LAN) and wide-area networks (WAN) for transmission of data over short and long distances. You also learn how TCP/IP uses these LANs and WANs to create corporate networks and the worldwide Internet. The book concludes by showing you how networking connects applications you use on a daily basis with resources that reside on the global Internet.
Full of real-world practical examples, Introduction to Networking provides you with the foundation knowledge and skills you need to start a career in networking.
Powerful features make learning about networking easier!
-- Clear introductions describe the big ideas and show how they fit with what you’ve already learned
-- Specific chapter objectives tell you exactly what you need to learn
-- Key Terms lists help you identify important terms, and a complete Glossary helps you understand them
-- Author’s Notes point out important transitions, key connections to other topics, and items that might otherwise be lost in the detail
-- The On the Side feature points out related items from pop culture, history, and the real world as it relates to networking
-- Chapter Review questions, tools, and activities help you make sure you’ve learned the material
-- Numeric Reference Tables provide common information about numbers used in networking, including a conversion table for 8-bit binary to decimal
Exclusive Mind Mapping activities!
-- Organize networking ideas visually, in your mind, in your words
-- Learn more, remember more
-- Understand how different ideas fit together
Coverage includes
-- Computer data fundamentals
-- Computer networking basics
-- TCP/IP networks
-- Transmitting bits
-- Ethernet LANs
-- Wireless LANs
-- Wide-area networks (WAN)
-- The Internet protocol (IP)
-- Connecting to the Internet
-- TCP/IP transport
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Sample Content
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction to Computer Data
Introducing Data and Information, Bits and Bytes
Defining Bits, Bytes
Random-Access Memory (RAM)
Representing Information Using Bytes of Data
Permanent Storage for Bits, Bytes
File Systems
Hard Disk Drives
Other Permanent Storage Devices
Input and Output
Keyboard
Mouse
Display
Printers
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Activities
Answer These Questions
Define the Key Terms
List the Words Inside Acronyms
Create Mind Maps
Define Other Terms
Complete the Tables and Lists from Memory
Chapter 2 Introduction to Computer Networking
Defining a Network with User Applications
An Informal General Definition of a Computer Network
Voice Telephone Calls
Recorded Video
Refining the Definition of a Network
A Deeper Look at One Application: World Wi de Web
Web Browsers (Web Clients)
Web Servers
The Process to Get One Web Page
Refining the Definition of a Network
Uncovering the Network Between the Application Endpoints
Comparing Computer Networks to Road Systems
Small Lab Networks
Home Networks
SMB and Enterprise Networks
The Internet
Refining the Definition of a Network One More Time
Chapter Summary
Chapter Review Activities
Answer These Questions
Define the Key Terms
List the Words Inside Acronyms
Create Mind Maps
Define Other Terms
Complete the Tables and Lists from Memory
Chapter 3 TCP/IP Networks
Defining the Rules for a TCP /IP Network
Our Current Working Definition for Network
Standards, Protocols, Conventions, and Other Terms
The TCP/IP Model
Standards Organizations Useful to TCP/IP
Comparing TCP/IP to Other Networking Models