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Understanding modern telecommunications and the information superhighway / John G. Nellist, Elliot M. Gilbert.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Artech House telecommunications libraryPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Artech House, �1999.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 285 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1580532373
  • 9781580532372
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Understanding modern telecommunications and the information superhighway.DDC classification:
  • 384 21
LOC classification:
  • TK5105.5 .N45 1999eb
Online resources:
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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