Whether you're a hobbyist, experimenter, or just curious about electronics, technology, and personal computing, Understanding Data Communications, Fifth Edition, is the perfect guide for you. Written in an easy-to-follow format, this book gives a thorough look at the world of data communications and its impact on our lives. It explores the inner workings of data terminals, transmission channels, fiber optics, and satellites, as well as asynchronous and synchronous modems and interfaces. And, you'll learn how database services, information utilities, and electronic bulletin boards operate.
- ISBN10 0672309343
- ISBN13 9780672309342
- Publish Date 11 October 1996 (first published June 1986)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Macmillan Computer Publishing (a Pearson Education company)
- Imprint Sams Publishing
- Edition 5th edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 528
- Language English