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Whistle Stopper - Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet
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Manufacturer: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.6
EAN: 9780201477115
ISBN: 0201477114
Label: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 712
Publication Date: 2000-07-10
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Studio: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
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Summary: Good introductory book - easy to read but can be a bit wordy at times
Comment: This is a good introductory book. It gives board coverage of all important areas of computer networking. Easy to read and it has been kept up-to-date with every edition with the changes in the field.
My minor complaints are (i) that each chapter is quite long; (ii) it gets overly wordy at times but it does help to reinforce what you just learned; (iii) it is hard to review the material (after you have read through it once) because too many materials are crammed into each topic.
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Summary: Greate book, Computer networking
Comment: This is a very good book for someone who is thinking of going into
computer networking. The price was right,the service was great. Bought this book for my grandson who is thinking of going into this field. He has
been reading it ever since.
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Summary: Good book and good seller
Comment: The book was required for computer networking course. Good book to know the basics. Book delivered on time and in good condition. Would like to buy more stuff from this seller.
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Summary: Most readable book in my entire CS curriculum
Comment: Lots of other reviewers have said it so I won't go on at length, but this is a fantastic book. Very easy to read, while still presenting gobs of information. Authors have a great sense of humor. They are able to make the broad concepts as well as the nitty gritty of networking crystal clear, without undue effort from the reader. Highly recommended.
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Summary: reference
Comment: I am a very beginning student in computer networking and find the chapters dense but clearly written. My instructor has encouraged us to keep the book for future classes because even though we may not cover all the material in this course, it will be a handy reference for us in more advanced ones. The labs and Java applets are great for visualizing a lot of the more tricky concepts. The top down approach of working from the things you know (applications) helps you not feel totally lost right at the beginning before you get hit with all the acronyms. I would recommend this book to networking students at any level of expertise.
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By starting at the application-layer and working down to the protocol stack, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet provides a motivational treatment of important concepts for networking students. Based on the rationale that once a student understands the applications of networks they can understand the network services needed to support these applications, this book takes a "top-down" approach where students are first exposed to a concrete application and then drawn into some of the deeper issues of networking. Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet focuses on the Internet as opposed to addressing it as just one of many computer network technologies. Students are enormously curious about what is "under the hood" of the Internet, creating an extremely motivational vehicle for teaching fundamental computer networking concepts. This text features a comprehensive companion website which includes the entire text online. It allows for direct access to some of the best Internet sites relating to computer networks and Internet protocols.The website has many interactive features, including direct access to the Traceroute program, direct access to search engines for Internet Drafts, Java applets that animate difficult concepts, and direct streaming audio. Finally, the website makes it possible to update the material to keep up-to-date with this rapidly changing field.
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