Books: A User's Report
Elizabeth Zinkann
Regular readers of this column know that I try to include
reviews of an assortment of titles in each column. This issue
contains more variety than usual, with a few mini-reviews of
selected newer editions in addition to the usual column. The number
of topics within the computer field continues to increase. Books
(or more correctly, the authors) keep us up to date with new
technology and also document new developments within familiar
specialties. In this column, I have included two smaller reviews on
ATM and Internet theory books, a beginning UNIX book, an Internet
Encyclopedia, and an Open Source book. The titles are: ATM:
Foundation for Broadband Networks, Volume 1, Second Edition by
Uyless Black (Prentice Hall), Computer Networks and
Internets, Second Edition by Douglas E. Comer and CD-ROM by
Ralph Droms (Prentice Hall), SAMS Teach Yourself UNIX in 24
Hours, Second Edition by Dave Taylor and James C. Armstrong Jr.
(SAMS Publishing), Desktop Encyclopedia of the Internet by
Nathan J. Muller (Artech House), and Open Sources: Voices from
the Open Source Revolution Edited by Chris DiBona, Sam Ockman,
and Mark Stone (O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.)
ATM: Foundation for Broadband Networks, Volume 1
Second Edition
By Uyless Black
Prentice Hall
ISBN 0-13-083218-9
$54.00
ATM Resource Library
ISBN 0-13-083778-4
$149.00
http://www.phptr.com
ATM: Foundation for Broadband Networks, Volume 1 is
available singly or within the ATM Resource Library. This initial
volume provides fundamental information about Asynchronous Transfer
Mode (ATM), its structure, models, and operation.
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