Computer Networks

Descripción

This book is now in its fifth edition. Each edition has corresponded to a different phase in the way computer networks were used. When the first edition appeared in 1980, networks werean academic curiosity. When the second edition appeared in 1988, networks were usedby universities andlarge businesses. When the third edition appeared in 1996, computer networks, especially the Internet, had become a dailyreality for millions of people. By the fourth edition, in 2003, wireless networks and mobile computers had become commonplacefor accessing the Web and the Internet. Now, in thefifth edition, networks are about content distribution (especially videos using CDNs and peer-to-peer networks) and mobile phones are small computers on the Internet.

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