PART I
Background
Chapter 1 presents an overview of telecommunications, data communications, and network management. It is a broad review of networking and network management. It starts with an analogy of the telephone network. Telephone network almost always works, and there are reasons for its achieving quality and reliability. You will learn the relationship between data communications and telecommunications and how the distinction between the two is slowly disappearing. The influence of desktop computing and distributed computing environment based on client–server architecture has revolutionized computer communication. The Internet is a worldwide fabric and you will learn to appreciate how information travels across it around the globe. ...
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