Computer Networking A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet
Tahun : 2000 Pengarang : James F. Kurose and Keith W. Ross Penerbit : ADDISON WESLEY Ket : Another unusual feature of the text is its Internet focus. Most of the existing textbooks begin with a
broader perspective and address the Internet as just as one of many computer network technologies. We
instead put Internet protocols in the spotlight, and use the Internet protocols as motivation for studying
some of the more fundamental computer networking concepts. But why put the Internet in the spotlight,
why not some other networking technology such as ATM? Most computer networking students have had
already significant "hands on" experience with the Internet (e.g., surfing the Web and sending e-mail at
the very least) before taking a course on computer networks. We have found that modern-day students in
computer science and electrical engineering, being intensive users of the Internet, are enormously
curious about what is under the hood of the Internet. Thus, it is easy to get students excited about
computer networking when using the Internet as your guiding vehicle Ketegori : COMPUTER NETWORK