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Learning With Your Computer

Learning With Your Computer Heuristics - rules for problem solving Computers need black and white choices to make a decision - so how can they be taught to make a choice when the problem is more complex? Easy, says Tim Hartnell... Networking - Part 1 Stewart Fist introduces the concepts behind networking by eplaining why, when you talk about LANs, you encompass the whole univers of computer communications Networking - Part 2 Local area networks have been with us since the mid-70s when they were developed to allow expensive peripherals to be shared. Today, there are dozens of systems that have built up a loyal following, but, if there is such a thing as a networking standard, it is Ethernet Networking - Part 3 Xerox may have succeeded in making Ethernet the de facto standard but IBM are behind the Token Ring system which allows assignment of priorities to nodes and the ability to transmit digitised speech - but a lot of intelligence is needed to make a Token Ring system work Networking - Part 4 Broadband or baseband has been the choice in the past ofr a networking system - but now there's also Metropolitan Area Networks, Central Office LANs, fibre optic and infrared networks to come

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