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Foil 2 Data Networking

From Introduction To Multimedia Internet Systems CPS640 MultiMedia and WWW -- Spring 97 Semester. by Marek Podgorny * See also color IMAGE

Data networking term refers to exchange of digital information between remote systems
  • Data can be exchange between any kind of devices
Computer networking is a special case of data networking
  • While communication between computer components over a bus is clearly a case of digital data transmission, this is not considered data networking example
Differentiating factors: media, parallel vs. serial, distance, protocol standardization



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