P117 Intr. to computer networks

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2000
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Tomáš Pitner, Ph.D. (lecturer), RNDr. Jaroslav Pelikán, Ph.D. (deputy)
RNDr. Jaroslav Pelikán, Ph.D.
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Tomáš Pitner, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! P013 Computer Networks
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • Computer networks. Basic concepts, different sorts (LAN, WAN, Client - Server, Peer-to-Peer, ...).
  • Operating systems, their support for computer networks and network protocols.
  • Network topologies and their properties.
  • The OSI Model.
  • Ethernet, Arcnet, Token-Ring networks.
  • Communication principles in the Ethernet networks - CSMA/CD.
  • Transfer media (thin and thick coax-cable, twisted-pair, fibre optic) in Ethernet networks
  • Local area networks based on Novell NetWare, Windows NT, Windows 9x operating systems. Basic principles of administration, configuration and handling.
  • The Internet. The TCP/IP protocol family. IP address.
  • Types of TCP/IP networks.
  • Operating system UNIX basic commands.
  • Review and classification of the Internet services.
  • Telnet service.
  • FTP service. Searching in FTP (Parker, Archie).
  • Electronic mail. Sending of non-text messages.
  • Netfind, Gopher, Veronica, Usenet News services.
  • World Wide Web. Searching in the WWW environment (Altavista, Yahoo, Infoseek, Seznam, ...)
  • Introduction to HTML (possibilities of Java-Script and Java-Applet extension).
Literature
  • THOMAS, Robert M. Lokální počítačové sítě. Vyd. 1. Praha: Computer Press, 1996, 277 s. ISBN 80-85896-45-1. info
  • HEJNA, Ladislav. Lokální počítačové sítě. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 1994, 139 s. ISBN 80-85623-99-4. info
  • Počítačové sítě LAN od A do Z. Edited by Stan Schatt. [1. vyd.]. Praha: Grada, 1994, 378 s. ISBN 80-85623-76-5. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2001, Spring 2002.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2000, recent)
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