Understanding Computers and Communications

This chapter contains sections titled: Technology Evolution, Moore's Law, Metcalfe's Law—Network Externalities, The Evolution of the World Wide Web, The Evolution of Digital Telephony, The Conception of Digital Telephony, Analog to Digital Conversion, The Philosophy of PCM, The Digitization of the Telephone Infrastructure, The Packet Revolution, Packet Switching, Rules of the Road for Packets—TCP/IP, The Quest for Bandwidth, Conclusion—Back to Moore's Law, Bibliography