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Related Entries Acknowledgments Analog Transmission Systems API (Application Programming Interface) Application Layer Asynchronous Communications Attenuation Bandwidth Baud Bell Modem Standards Best-Effort Delivery BISYNC (Binary Synchronous Communications) Bit-Oriented Protocol Bridges and Bridging Broadcast Domain Broadcast Networking Broadcast Cable and Wiring Capacity Carrier Signal Channel Circuit Circuit-Switching Services Collisions and Collision Domains Congestion Control Mechanisms Connection Establishment Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Services Data Link Protocols Data Transmissions Datagram and Datagram Services DCE (Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment) Delay, Latency, and Jitter Differentiated Services (Diff-Serv) Distributed Applications DTE (Data Terminal Equipment) E Carriers Edge Devices Encapsulation End Systems and End-to-End Connectivity Error Detection and Correction Ethernet Fast Ethernet FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Fiber-Optic Cable Fibre Channel Flow Flow-Control Mechanisms Forwarding Fragmentation and Reassembly Frame Relay Framing in Data Transmissions HDLC (High-level Data Link Control) Hop Integrated Services (Int-Serv) Internet Protocol Suite Internet Internetworking IP (Internet Protocol) IPX/SPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange) ISO/IEC-11801 Cabling Standards LAN (Local Area Network) LAP (Link Access Procedure) Leased Line MAC (Media Access Control) Modems Modulation Techniques Multiplexing and Multiplexers NADH (North American Digital Hierarchy) NAK (Negative Acknowledgment) Network Architecture Network Concepts Network Design and Construction Network Layer Protocols NIC (Network Interface Card) Node NPN (New Public Network) Optical Networks OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) Model Packets and Packet-Switching Networks Physical Layer Point-to-Point Communications PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) Premises Distribution System Presentation Layer Prioritization of Network Traffic Protocols and Protocol Stacks QoS (Quality of Service) Queuing Reliable Data Delivery Services Routers Routing on the Internet Routing RPC (Remote Procedure Call) RSVP (Resource Reservation Protocol) Satellite Communication Systems Serial Communication and Interfaces Signals Structured Cabling Standards Switching and Switched Networks Synchronous Communications TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) TDM Networks Telecommunications and Telephone Systems Throughput TIA/EIA Structured Cabling Standards Traffic Management, Shaping, and Engineering Transport Layer Transport Protocols and Services VLAN (Virtual LAN) WAN (Wide Area Network) Wireless Communications Web Links Click here for newer links
Acknowledgments
Analog Transmission Systems
API (Application Programming Interface)
Application Layer
Asynchronous Communications
Attenuation
Bandwidth
Baud
Bell Modem Standards
Best-Effort Delivery
BISYNC (Binary Synchronous Communications)
Bit-Oriented Protocol
Bridges and Bridging
Broadcast Domain
Broadcast Networking
Broadcast
Cable and Wiring
Capacity
Carrier Signal
Channel
Circuit
Circuit-Switching Services
Collisions and Collision Domains
Congestion Control Mechanisms
Connection Establishment
Connection-Oriented and Connectionless Services
Data Link Protocols
Data Transmissions
Datagram and Datagram Services
DCE (Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment)
Delay, Latency, and Jitter
Differentiated Services (Diff-Serv)
Distributed Applications
DTE (Data Terminal Equipment)
E Carriers
Edge Devices
Encapsulation
End Systems and End-to-End Connectivity
Error Detection and Correction
Ethernet
Fast Ethernet
FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface)
Fiber-Optic Cable
Fibre Channel
Flow
Flow-Control Mechanisms
Forwarding
Fragmentation and Reassembly
Frame Relay
Framing in Data Transmissions
HDLC (High-level Data Link Control)
Hop
Integrated Services (Int-Serv)
Internet Protocol Suite
Internet
Internetworking
IP (Internet Protocol)
IPX/SPX (Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange)
ISO/IEC-11801 Cabling Standards
LAN (Local Area Network)
LAP (Link Access Procedure)
Leased Line
MAC (Media Access Control)
Modems
Modulation Techniques
Multiplexing and Multiplexers
NADH (North American Digital Hierarchy)
NAK (Negative Acknowledgment)
Network Architecture
Network Concepts
Network Design and Construction
Network Layer Protocols
NIC (Network Interface Card)
Node
NPN (New Public Network)
Optical Networks
OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) Model
Packets and Packet-Switching Networks
Physical Layer
Point-to-Point Communications
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
Premises Distribution System
Presentation Layer
Prioritization of Network Traffic
Protocols and Protocol Stacks
QoS (Quality of Service)
Queuing
Reliable Data Delivery Services
Routers
Routing on the Internet
Routing
RPC (Remote Procedure Call)
RSVP (Resource Reservation Protocol)
Satellite Communication Systems
Serial Communication and Interfaces
Signals
Structured Cabling Standards
Switching and Switched Networks
Synchronous Communications
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
TDM Networks
Telecommunications and Telephone Systems
Throughput
TIA/EIA Structured Cabling Standards
Traffic Management, Shaping, and Engineering
Transport Layer
Transport Protocols and Services
VLAN (Virtual LAN)
WAN (Wide Area Network)
Wireless Communications
Web Links
Data communications course by Brian Brown
http://www.cit.ac.nz/smac/dc100www/dc_000.htm
Dwight Baker's tutorials links list (click Computers)
http://www.wizard.com/users/baker/public_html/
Data communication course at University of Aberdeen
http://www.erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/gorry/course/syllabus.html
Data communication topics at Optimized Engineering
http://www.optimized.com/COMPENDI/TabOfCon.htm
RAD data communication topics
http://www.rad.com/networks/tutorial.htm
3Com networking resources page
http://www.3com.com/technology/
IBM Redbooks
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/
Network Magazine.com tutorials
http://www.networkmagazine.com/static/tutorial/index.html
Cisco documentation related to internetworking
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/
Web ProForum Data Communications and Telecommunication Tutorial
http://www.iec.org/tutorials/
Data communication links at ITPRC
http://www.itprc.com/
Introduction to serial communication
http://www.taltech.com/introserial.htm
New Web Links
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