CSCD 218 — Data Communication & Networking I
Computer Science · University of Ghana
This course will focus on the field of data communications and the basic concept in networking. It includes fundamentals of data and signals, analog signal digital signal, the media; conducted. The basic modem operating principles, Bandwidth limitations, and alternatives traditional modems: Channels Service Unit/ Data Service Unit, Cable Modems, ISDN, DSL. Other topics Include: LAN and WAN applications, Internet and intranet, e-mail, FTP and Web applications, distributed systems, standards; communication concepts, media, coding of data, error control, LAN topologies and protocols, bridges, routers and gateways; TCP/IP, client server paradigm; network configuration, performance monitoring, management, security, and reliability.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 200
Other courses on this programme
- CSCD 201 — Information Systems
- CSCD 202 — Programming II (with Java)
- CSCD 205 — Programming I (with C ++)
- CSCD 207 — Numerical Methods
- CSCD 211 — Computer Organization and Architecture
- CSCD 212 — Computer Ethics
- CSCD 214 — Digital Electronics
- CSCD 216 — Data Structures & Algorithms
- CSIT 201 — Professional, Legal, Moral and ethical issues in IT
- CSIT 202 — Introduction to Computer Networks
- CSIT 203 — Computer Hardware Fundamentals
- CSIT 204 — Introduction to Information Security
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).