Local Area Networks and Their Applications |
Contents
Transmission Media and Techniques | 6 |
Network Topologies and Wiring Considerations | 15 |
5 | 23 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
access method allow application area networks ARPANET bandwidth baseband block broadband bytes cable called caller Cambridge Cambridge Ring chapter client communication copy CSMA/CD cylinder map data-link layer datagram DECnet described destination device directory structure disk server distributed system error Ethernet example facilities Figure file server file system file transfer functions header IEEE implemented interface involved layered architecture local area networks locks machine minipackets monitor node number of nodes operating system optical fibers OSI model packet PC Network physical layer printers priority problem procedure processor protocol PUID received reliable remote node replicated segments session layer shared signal single slot standard station storage synchronous technique terminal token ring network token-passing topology traffic transaction transmission medium transmit UNIX update wide area networks wiring writing