TY  - BOOK
AU  - Amjad Umar
TI  - Distributed computing : a practical synthesis of networks, client-server systems, distributed applications, and open systems
SN  - 9780132882422
U1  - 004.36 
PY  - 1993///
CY  - London : 
PB  - Prentice-Hall International, 
KW  - Electronic data processing
KW  - Computer networks
N1  - pt. 1. Overview --
1. Introduction and Overview of Distributed Computing --
pt. 2. Communication Network Services --
2. Communication Network Technologies --
3. Network Architectures and Network Interconnectivity --
4. Network Management --
pt. 3. Application Support Services --
5. Client-Server Systems and Application Interconnectivity --
6. Distributed Data and Transaction Management --
7. Distributed Operating Systems and Distributed Computing Platforms --
pt. 4. Distributed Applications, Open Systems, and Management --
8. Distributed Applications and Application Downsizing/Rightsizing --
9. Open Systems: Interoperability, Portability, and Integration Standards --
10. Management and Support Considerations --
Appendices: Tutorials on Selected Topics --
A. Tutorial on Communication Protocols and the OSI Stack --
B. Tutorial on TCP/IP Protocol Suite --
C. Tutorial on IBM's SNA and APPC/LU6.2 --
D. Tutorial on MAP and TOP --
E. Tutorial on Database Technologies and SQL
N2  - Covers technical and managerial specifics of distributed computing, and also shows the advantages and disadvantages. The book discusses the underlying (or enabling) technologies of distributed computing and the key issues of network distributed computing and distributed application management
ER  -