Information Science

Computer Communication Networks

A system containing any combination of computers, computer terminals, printers, audio or visual display devices, or telephones interconnected by telecommunications equipment or cables: used to transmit or receive information. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

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A system containing any combination of computers, computer terminals, printers, audio or visual display devices, or telephones interconnected by telecommunications equipment or cables: used to transmit or receive information. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

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29 entry terms
  • Communication Network, Computer
  • Communication Networks, Computer
  • Computer Communication Network
  • Network, Computer Communication
  • Cognitive Radio
  • Computer Network Management
  • Databases, Distributed
  • Distributed Systems
  • Extranets
  • Intranets
  • Network Communication Protocols
  • Telecommunication Networks
  • Cognitive Radios
  • Communication Protocol, Network
  • Communication Protocols, Network
  • Database, Distributed
  • Distributed Database
  • Distributed Databases
  • Distributed System
  • Extranet
  • Intranet
  • Management, Computer Network
  • Network Communication Protocol
  • Network Management, Computer
  • Network, Telecommunication
  • Protocol, Network Communication
  • Radio, Cognitive
  • System, Distributed
  • Telecommunication Network

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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1991(1987); use COMPUTER SYSTEMS 1987-1990

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Computer Communication Networks. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003195. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003195
  2. Computer Communication Networks. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_network
  3. Computer Communication Networks. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371