TY - BOOK AU - Stallings,William TI - Business data communications SN - 9814119954 [newsprint] PY - 2003/// CY - Upper Saddle River, NJ PB - Pearson/Prentice Hall KW - Business KW - Data processing KW - Communication systems KW - Local area networks (Computer networks) KW - Data transmission systems KW - Business enterprises KW - Computer networks KW - Electronic commerce N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-572) and index; Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part 1 requirements -- Chapter 2 Business information -- Chapter 3 Distributed data processing -- Part 2 TCP/IP and the internet -- Chapter 4 TCP/IP and OSI, Chapter 5 The internet: addressing and services -- Part 3 Data communications -- Chapter 6 Data transmission -- Chapter 7 Transmission media -- Chapter 8 Data communication fundamentals -- Chapter 9 Data link control -- Chapter 10 Transmission efficiency -- Part 4 Networking -- Chapter 11 Approaches to networking -- Chapter 12 wide area networks -- Chapter 13 Wireless networks -- Chapter 14 Local area network technology -- Chapter 15 LAN system -- Part 5 Applications -- Chapter 16 Distributed applications -- Chapter 17 Client/server and intranet computing -- Part 6 Management issues -- Chapter 18 Doing business in the internet -- Chapter 19 Network management -- Chapter 20 Network security ER -