DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING, FIFTH EDITION
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Forouzan, Behrouz A.
Data communications and networking / Behrouz A. Forouzan. — 5th ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-07-337622-6 (alk. paper)
1. Data transmission systems. 2. Computer networks. I. Title.
TK5105.F6617 2012
004.6—dc23
2011047732
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