Legally Free Computer Books
“Wireless Networking in the Developing World Second Edition: A practical guide to planning and building low-cost telecommunications infrastructure” has been created by a team of individuals who each, in their own field, are actively participating in the ever-expanding Internet. They have produced a complete book that documents their efforts to build wireless networks in the developing world. …
This is a free online book. The awk programming language was originally developed as a pattern-matching language for writing short programs to perform data manipulation tasks. awk’s strength is the manipulation of textual data that is stored in files. It was never meant to be used for networking purposes. To exploit its features in a networking context, it’s necessary to use an access mode for network connections that resembles the access of files as closely as possible. …
Network Calculus is a set of recent developments that provide deep insights into flow problems encountered in the Internet and in intranets. Network Calculus : A Theory of Deterministic Queuing Systems for the Internet is a self-contained, introductory course on network calculus. …
Understanding X.500 – The Directory by D. Chadwick is a free online book. This book describes, in lay terms, the contents of both the 1988 and 1993 editions of the ISO OSI Directory Standard (CCITT Recommendation X.500). …
This free book offers up-to-date coverage of the relevant internet standards in the IETF-protocols for integrated and differentiated services, multicast, encoding, packet transport, multiplexing, Internet conference and call control, and media playback/ control. Addresses topics of special interest to implementers and administrators. …
IPv6, théorie et pratique is in French. It is available online and the Google Language Tool does a good job of translating it to English. …
Complete coverage of all aspects of ASN.1, including not only the notation and its encoding rules but also the supporting tools, guidance on matters of style and use, and a description of the areas where it has been applied. …
This free book explains ASN.1 and its encoding rules in easy-to-understand terms. It addresses the subject at both an introductory level that is suitable for beginners, and at a more detailed level that is meant for those who seek a deeper understanding of ASN.1 and the encoding rules. …
The Network Book aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to networking and distributed computing technologies. Unlike traditional textbooks, it pursues a top-down approach to the topic, starting with the application layer and then describing the transport and network layers, finally covering the physical layer. …
Free eBook “Communication Networks” by Sharam Hekmat. This book is concerned with post-computer communication networks and two of its important streams: data communication and telecommunication. Data communication
refers to the communication between digital computers, facilitated by computer networks. …