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- From: klee@wsl.dec.com (Ken Lee)
- Subject: Re: How Does The Net Work?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.004301.2741@PA.dec.com>
- Keywords: internet, email
- Sender: news@PA.dec.com (News)
- Reply-To: klee@wsl.dec.com
- Organization: DEC Western Software Laboratory
- References: <10214@scott.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 00:43:01 GMT
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- |> are there any books around which explain how computer-networks (like
- |> this one) function?
- |> I'm thinking of something not-to technical (not a Computer Science
- |> textbook, unless it is really well (=interestingly) written.
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- There are dozens of excelent technical books on the implementation of
- networks, but if you're looking for a easy-to-read overview of their use, try
- *The Matrix* by John Quarterman (Digital Press).
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- Ken Lee
- DEC Western Software Laboratory, Palo Alto, Calif.
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