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