Book details of 'Dictionary of Networking'

Title	Dictionary of Networking
Author(s)	Peter Dyson
ISBN	0782124615
Language	English
Published	July 1999
Publisher	Sybex

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Reviewer Rob Slade wrote:
The title of the first edition was "Novell's Dictionary of Networking," and it still shows in the significant number of entries that are specific commands for Novell Netware. A large number of entries still relate to personal computers, as opposed to networking or communications. The Internet now gets a few more terms included, but those are not always reliable. The dropping of any modifiers and the claim to the complete field of networking is not supported by the material included in this book. While the entries are generally more extensive, the number of listings is not much greater than for the old glossaries that got used as promotional giveaways by various networking companies. In most cases, the explanations and definitions are quite sound, although the professional will note many omissions or not-quite-right errors. ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) has been corrected since the second edition, but a number of errors still remain. It is true that, if you are using four bit packets, Hamming code must attach three redundant bits to each. However, it is much more effective in a larger scale, requiring, for example, only eight redundant bits for a 56 bit data packet. Cable testers use the nominal velocity of propagation to test the length of an intact cable segment, but, more importantly, a reading less than the cable length indicates an internal break in the cable being tested. Most people will only have seen a bang path in an older email address, but it is a machine, rather than email, address and also carries routing information. In terms of organization, symbols are spelled out. Numbers are written in digits, but listed in order as if they were spelled out. Yes, it has an entry for virus. No, it's not any good. Microsoft terminology joins Novell jargon in this latest edition. In fact, a very significant proportion of the material in the glossary relates to companies, organizations, or proprietary programs. While this might seem, at first thought, reasonably useful, it turns out to be rather annoying in practice. The number of proprietary terms possible are enormous, and, unless you are actually using that technology, irrelevant to anything else. The end result tends to feel like a bunch of unboxed ads slipped in between the material you are looking for. Unfortunately, this work simply does not have any distinctive that would recommend it above what is already available. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1999
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This informal, conversational guide explains more than 3000 networking concepts, terms, protocols, chips, standards, versions, product names, commands, abbreviations, acronyms, slang, and more--with detailed illustrations to clarify hardware, cabling, and network protocols issues. Coverage includes Windows 2000, NetWare 5, Linux, Unix, UnixWare, OS/2, Banyan VINES, Windows 98, and thin-client technologies. The CD contains an electronic version of the full text of the book.