Computer Networks and the Internet (4th Edition) (English Version) (1CD)

Author: Douglas EVomer
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This book is written by best-selling author and computer networking expert Douglas Comer. It is divided into five parts. The first part outlines the use and construction of Internet applications; the second part covers the knowledge of data transmission, including transmission media, local asynchronous communication, long-distance communication, etc.; the third part discusses packet switching, introducing next-hop routing, switching, and protocol layers after describing various network characteristics, and elaborates on the process of packet switching with detailed explanations of Ethernet, FDDI, token ring, and ATM; the fourth part covers network interconnection, primarily introducing the TCP and ARP protocols; the fifth part discusses network applications, starting with the client/server model, explaining the Domain Name System (DNS) and domain name resolution in applications, file transfer, and web browsing, including the explanation and application of dynamic CGI documents and active Java documents. This book is suitable for senior undergraduate students in computer science and low-graduate students lacking network knowledge.