This page has provided the major and basic communication resources for student who is doing communication from junior to senior level.


TCP-IP - This is an introduction to the Internet networking protocols(TCP/IP). It includes a summary of the facilities available and brief descriptions of the major protocols in the family.
ANSI American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the main entry page.

PVM - PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) is a software package that permits a heterogeneous collection of Unix computers hooked together by a network to be used as a single large parallel computer. Thus large computational problems can be solved more cost effectively by using the aggregate power and memory of many computers. The software is very portable. The source, which is available free thru netlib, has been compiled on everything from laptops to CRAYs.
Standards and Standardization Bodies This field covers Standards and Standardization Bodies, both national and international.

JPEG FAQ - JPEG is a standardized image compression mechanism. It stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group JPEG is designed for compressing either full-color or gray-scale images of natural, real-world scenes. It works well on photographs, naturalistic artwork, and similar material; not so well on lettering, simple cartoons, or line drawings.
Internet Engineering Task Force! - It is the protocol engineering and development arm of the Internet. The IETF is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual.
What is a Network? - A network consists of two or more computers that are linked in order to share resources (such as printers and CD-ROMs), exchange files, or allow electronic communications. The computers on a network may be linked through cables, telephone lines, radio waves, satellites, or infrared light beams.
ATM tutorial - ATM stands for (no not automated teller machines) "Asynchronous Transfer Mode". It is primarily driven by telecommunications companies and is a proposed telecommunications standard for Broadband ISDN.