Understanding modern telecommunications and the information superhighway /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nellist, John G.
Other Authors: Gilbert, Elliot M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston, Mass. : Artech House, ©1999.
Series:Artech House telecommunications library.
Subjects:
Computer networks.
Information superhighway.
Computer Communication Networks
Réseaux d'ordinateurs.
Autoroutes électroniques.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Media & Communications.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • From Telegraph to Terabits
  • In the Beginning
  • The Wire Telegraph
  • Printing Telegraphs and the Teletypewriter
  • The Telephone
  • Telephone Switching
  • Automatic Telephone Switching
  • Voice Telecommunication Without Wires
  • ATandT and Western Union Separate
  • Wire Line Carrier
  • Telecommunications Regulation
  • Semiconductors Arrive
  • Advances in Switching
  • Coaxial Cables
  • Microwave Radio Arrives
  • First Transatlantic Submarine Telephone Cable
  • The Digital Transmission Era Begins
  • Satellites Relay Communications
  • Community Antenna Television (CATV)
  • Communications Through Glass Fibers
  • The Breakup of Ma Bell
  • Advances in Fiber Optic Technology
  • New Network Technology
  • Telecommunications Act of 1996
  • The Computer and the Internet
  • A Brief History
  • Computer Miniaturization
  • Microprocessor Size
  • Microprocessor Speed
  • From Megabytes to Gigabytes and Beyond
  • The Millennim Bug
  • The Internet
  • Cyberspace
  • Web Browsers
  • Marketing on the Internet
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Internet Service Providers
  • Retail Services
  • Equity Trading
  • Content
  • Electronic Transactions
  • Education
  • Internet Access
  • On-Ramp Congestion
  • Who Uses the Information Superhighway?
  • A Brief History
  • Types of Communications Services
  • Interactive Services
  • Distribution Services
  • The Internet
  • Business and the Internet
  • Computer-Telephony Integration
  • Telecommuting
  • The Virtual Office
  • Video Applications
  • Distance Learning
  • Wired Campuses
  • The Virtual College.

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