Unit01DCBiasing—BJTs 1
01.1Introduction 1
01.2OperatingPoint 2
WordsandPhrases 4
Notes 5
Exercises 6
ReadingSupplements:DCBiasing—BJTs 6
WordsandPhrases 8
Notes 8
Exercises 9
Unit02555Timers:Basics 10
02.1Introduction 10
02.2555Timers:Astable 11
02.3555Timers:Monostable 13
WordsandPhrases 14
Exercises 15
Notes 15
ReadingSupplements:Electronics 16
WordsandPhrases 18
Notes 20
Exercises 20
Unit03Computer 22
WordsandPhrases 25
Exercises 26
Notes 26
ReadingSupplements:PeripheralDevice 27
WordsandPhrases 29
Exercise 29
Unit04OperatingSystem(OS) 31
WordsandPhrases 33
Notes 33
Exercises 34
ReadingSupplements:WhatisLinux? 34
WordsandPhrases 36
Notes 37
Exercises 37
Unit05DigitalSignalProcessing 39
05.1Introduction 39
05.2Signal,systems,andsignalprocessing 40
WordsandPhrases 42
Notes 42
Exercises 43
ReadingSupplements:AdvantagesofDigitalover 44
AnalogSignalProcessing 44
WordsandPhrases 45
Notes 45
Exercises 45
Unit06ISDNDefinitions 47
06.1Introduction 47
06.2ISDNHistory 48
06.3TheAdvantageofISDN 49
06.4Interfaces 50
WordsandPhrases 51
Notes 53
Exercises 53
ReadingSupplements:RadioandTelevision 54
WordsandPhrases 56
Notes 57
Exercises 57
Unit07IntroductionofMultimediaComputing 59
WordsandPhrases 60
Notes 61
Exercises 61
ReadingSupplements:MultimediaSoftware: 62
Applications 62
WordsandPhrases 64
Exercises 65
Notes 65
Unit08CAD/CAM/CAE 66
WordsandPhrases 68
Notes 69
Exercises 70
ReadingSupplements:IntroductiontoProcessControl 71
WordsandPhrases 75
Notes 76
Exercises 77
Unit09Machine-PhaseNanotechnology 78
WordsandPhrases 80
Notes 81
Exercises 82
ReadingSupplements:OfChemistry,Loveand 82
Nanobots 82
WordsandPhrases 84
Notes 85
Exercises 86
Unit10IntroductionofComputerNetworks 87
10.1NetworkGoals 87
10.2ApplicationofNetworks 88
10.3NetworkStructure 88
10.4ProtocolHierarchies 89
10.5DesignIssuesfortheLayers 89
WordsandPhrases 90
Notes 90
Exercises 91
ReadingSupplements:Internet 91
WordsandPhrases 94
Notes 94
Exercises 95
Unit11Imaging 96
WordsandPhrases 97
Exercises 99
Notes 99
ReadingSupplements:ABasicImageProcessing 100
System 100
WordsandPhrases 103
Notes 103
Exercises 104
Unit12WhatIsE-Commerce? 105
12.1E-CommerceDefined 105
12.2TheBenefitsofE-Commerce 106
12.3NewE-CommerceApplications 106
12.4WhereDoYouStart? 107
WordsandPhrases 108
Notes 109
Exercises 109
ReadingSupplements:TheGlobalSystemforMobile 110
Communications(GSM) 110
WordsandPhrases 113
Notes 114
Exercises 114
Unit13High-DefinitionTelevision 116
13.1HistoryofHDTV 116
13.2HDTVDefined 117
13.3HDTVandTheMovieIndustry 118
WordsandPhrases 119
Notes 120
Exercises 120
ReadingSupplements:DigitalTelevision 121
WordsandPhrases 126
Notes 128
Exercises 128
Keys 130
References 142