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Data Communications Pocket Book
About this book
Data Communications Pocket Book, Second Edition presents information relevant to data communication. The book provides tabulated reference materials with a brief description and diagrams. The coverage of the text includes abbreviations, terminal control codes, and conversion tables. The text will be of great use to individuals involved in the interconnection of computer systems.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Data Communication Pocket Book
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Table of Contents
- Abbreviations commonly used in data communications
- Abbreviations used for advisory bodies and other organisations
- Manufacturers' prefixes for semiconductor devices
- CCITT recommendations
- International alphabet no. 2 (IA2)
- Extended binary coded decimal interchange code (EBCDIC)
- International alphabet no. 5 (IA5)
- Terminal control codes
- Commonly used control characters (with keyboard entry)
- Decimal, binary, hexadecimal and ASCII conversion table
- Powers of 2
- Powers of 16
- Parallel I/O devices
- IEEE-488 interface standard
- IEEE-488 bus signals
- Multiline commands
- IEEE-488 bus configuration
- IEEE-488 software
- IEEE-488 programming
- Serial I/O devices
- Popular VLSI support devices
- Centronics printer interface
- Serial data transmission
- RS-232
- RS-232D signals and functions
- Subset of the most commonly used RS-232 signals
- RS-232 waveforms
- RS-232 electrical characteristics
- RS-232 logic and voltage levels
- Simplified arrangement of a microcomputer RS-232 interface
- RS-232 enhancements
- RS-422
- RS-422 logic and voltage levels
- RS-423
- RS-449
- RS-423 logic and voltage levels
- Electrical characteristics of popular interface specifications
- RS-232 data cables
- RS-232 pin connections
- RS-449 pin connections
- RS-232 signals and pin connections
- S5/8 interface standard
- Line drivers and line receivers
- Line driver and line receiver pin connections
- Basic logic gates
- Logic circuit equivalents
- Mixed logic equivalents
- Typical links between computers
- Typical null modem arrangements
- Modems
- Modem signal frequencies
- V21 frequency spectrum (300/300 baud)
- V21 channels for 300/300 baud
- Permitted frequency spectrum (BS 6305)
- Modem connecting methods
- DTMF digits and tone pairs
- Transmitter carrier and signalling frequency specifications
- Line signal encoding (V26A and V26B)
- Differential two-phase encoding (V26bis)
- Differential four-phase encoding (V26A and V26B/Bell 201)
- Typical bit error rate performance for a modem
- Data communications test equipment
- Fault finding on RS-232 systems
- Communication protocols
- The ISO model for open systems interconnection
- Flow control
- X-ON/X-OFF flow control
- XMODEM protocol
- XMODEM/CRC protocol
- Kermit
- CCITT X.25
- High-level data link control
- HDLC frame structure
- Local area networks
- Typical LAN selection flowchart
- Popular network standards
- Summary of popular LAN specifications
- Ethernet
- LAN software
- Network operating systems
- Integrated services digital networks
- ISDN in the UK
- ITT System 12
- Future developments in ISDN
- Data cable types
- Coaxial cable data
- Screened and unscreened pair data
- Cable equivalents
- Recommended cables
- Optical fibre technology
- Optical fibre connectors
- Optical sources
- Optical detectors
- PC video display modes and adapter standards
- Transmission element specifications
- Decibels and ratios of power, voltage and current
- Transmission line power levels and voltages
- Flowchart symbols
- Addresses of advisory bodies, standards institutes, and other organisations
- Glossary of data communications terms
- Index