ITM 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Distributed Computing, Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Transport Layer

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 102
• Professor: Franklyn Prescod

Document Summary

Chapter 7 - telecommunications, the internet, and wireless technology. 7. 1 telecommunications and networking in today"s business world. Firms in the past used two different types of networks: telephone network and computer network. Present: things have improved in terms of voice, video, and data communications, all based on internet technology. Voice and data communication networks have become more powerful (faster), more portable (smaller and mobile), and less expensive. Today, more than 90% of canadian internet uses have a high-speed broadband connections provided by telephone and cable tv providers. Broadband : high-speed transmission technology. designated a single communications medium that can transmit multiple channels of data simultaneously. Convergence: telephone networks and computer networks converging into single digital network using. Computer network: a network consists of two or more connected computers. Each computer on the network contains a network interface device to link the computer to the network. Network operating system (nos): routes and manages communications on the network and coordinated network resources.