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Business Data Communications and Networking
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This text is an introduction to networking and data communications. It is suitable for people who have not kept up with technology and for managers who want to learn networking lingo and understand how the Internet and Ethernet really work.
Hardcover, 512 pages
Published
August 26th 1998
by Wiley
(first published December 8th 1995)
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This is a textbook I needed for uni. It's an eye opener in a lot of ways. It explains in fairly lucid detail many concepts I knew of but practically knew little about, like IP addressing, multiplexing and so on. I'd argue it'd be a good resource for someone interested in these things, regardless of whether they're a student or not.
Good book, good investment really. ...more
Good book, good investment really. ...more

3 1/2 stars (For class)
Tried to walk the line between general enough that business majors will read it and technical enough that it actually provides helpful information. Didn't quite do that successfully, at least for a few of the chapters ...more
Tried to walk the line between general enough that business majors will read it and technical enough that it actually provides helpful information. Didn't quite do that successfully, at least for a few of the chapters ...more

Clearly written with lots of war stories to give context. Not too long either (only 500 pages). I'm looking forward to multiple readings.
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Great intro to Data Communications and Networking. Easy to read and written in layman's terms. I read the book without a professor's guidance and had very few problems picking up the concepts.
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