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CSC 54 - Fundamentals of Data Communications and Networking

Spring
Introduction to data communications and networking. History, evolution and current trends. Hardware issues including signals, media, terminals, communications backbones, and transmission methods. Protocols, including Open Systems Interconnection, TCP/IP, LANs, WANs, client-server and peer-to-peer, secure communciations. Structure of the Internet: protocols, services, the World Wide Web. Course requirements include homework exercised and a research paper on a topic of interest and presentation of findings.


Prerequisites & Notes
CSC 50. May not be taken on a Pass/D+/D/Fail basis. (Formerly Fundamentals of Data Communications.)


Credits: 3 s.h.




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