This link was compiled by Professor Chao-Hsien Chu at the School of Information Sciences and Technology, The Pennsylvania State University. Any update, please e-mail him at: chu@ist.psu,edu Index: Online Dictionary General References Online Magazines FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions Professional Organizations/Societies Networking Related Certifications Penn State Links Web Sites with Job Databases Other Collections of Links [Back to Top of the Page] [Back to Course Page] Online Dictionary: Online Encyclopedia of Computer Terms, CMP's TechWeb. http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/ PC Webopedia Online Dictionary of Computer Terms. http://www.pcwebopedia.com/ [Back to Top of the Page] General References: Networking 101, by by Jim Cabral and Tammy Ruth of Puget Technology Group, Inc. http://www.pugettech.com/net101/ Networking Tutorials from PugetTech and Elsewhere. http://www.pugettech.com/resources/tutor.php Telecommunications Systems: An Introductory Guide, by Steven Glass. http://www.gtlaw.com.au/pubs/telcosysintroguide.html Network Technologies. http://www.globetrotting.com/networking/networktopologies.htm The OSI Reference Model, by Brendan McKeon. http://ganges.cs.tcd.ie:80/4ba2/ The Guide to Network Resource Tools, by EARN Association. http://www.cuhk.hk/guides/earn/notice.html Data Communication - Tech Tutorials, by CMP's TechWeb. http://www.networkmagazine.com/static/tutorial/index.html The Internet Tourbus, by Bob Rankin and Patrick Crispen. http://www.TOURBUS.com/ FCC Industry Statistics. http://www.fcc.gov/indstats.html Internet Technical Resources, by Henning Schulzrinne. http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/internet/ Tutorials and Resources in Network Technology, InterOperability Lib, University of New Hampshire. http://www.iol.unh.edu/training/index.html The Network Book, by Yechiam Yemini. http://www.cs.columbia.edu/netbook/ [Back to Top of the Page] Online Magazines: Boardwatch Magazine. http://boardwatch.internet.com/ Data Communication: The Global Site for Network Architect, by CMP's TechWeb. http://www.data.com/ CMP Metrics Resources, by CMP's TechWeb. http://www.techweb.com/cmpmetrics Byte Online, by CMP's TechWeb. http://www.byte.com/ Information Week Online, by CMP's TechWeb. http://www.informationweek.com/ Internet Week Online, by CMP's TechWeb. http://www.internetwk.com/ Network Computing: The Technology Solution Center, by CMP's TechWeb. http://www.networkcomputing.com/ The Computer World. http://www.computerworld.com/ Communications News (CN). http://www.comnews.com/ CIO Magazine Online. http://www.cio.com/CIO/ [Back to Top of the Page] FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions: The World Wide Web Security FAQ, by Lincoln D. Stein. http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/www-security-faq.html Cryptography FAQ. http://www.faqs.org/faqs/cryptography-faq/part08/ Collection of FAQ about Computer Security. http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-security/ Computer-security/anonymous-ftp FAQ. http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-security/anonymous-ftp-faq/ Collection of FAQ about Modems. http://www.faqs.org/faqs/modems/ FAQ about PPP Protocol. http://cs.uni-bonn.de/ppp/faq.html [Back to Top of the Page] Professional Organizations/Societies: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): www.acm.org Electronic Frontier Foundation. http://www.eff.org/ Enterprise Networking Association: www.enanet.org Federal Communications Commission (FCC). http://www.fcc.gov/ IEEE Computer Society: www.computer.org Internet Society (IOSC). http://www.isoc.org/ The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). http://ietf.org/ Network and Systems Professionals Association: www.naspa.net Network Professional Association: www.npa.org [Back to Top of the Page] Networking Related Certifications: CCIE - Cisco's Certified Internetworking Engineer, Cisco Corp. CNE - Certified Network Engineer, Novell Corp. MCSE - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, Microsoft Corp. Net + - Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA): www.comptia.org [Back to Top of the Page] Penn State Campus Links Computer-Related Policies, Guidelines, and Laws: http://www.psu.edu/computing/policies/ INTERNET Access Guide: http://cac.psu.edu/internet/ Internet Information and Resources: http://cac.psu.edu/~santoro/cac/internexus.html LISTSERV Conferencing Resources: http://cac.psu.edu/~santoro/cac/inex/listserv.html Netnews Resources: http://cac.psu.edu/internet/news/ Network Security Home Page: http://www.netsec.psu.edu/netsec/ Networking Services: http://cac.psu.edu/infotech/network.html Networking Services, Office of Telecommunications: http://www.otc.psu.edu/services/staff/UPdata.asp Networking Related Products and Services, Office of Telecommunications: http://www.otc.psu.edu/services/student/updata.asp News and Alerts, Office of Telecommunications: http://www.otc.psu.edu/hotlinks/news.asp Tech News: http://www.cis.psu.edu/technews/ Web Publishing: http://www.psu.edu/publish/ [Back to Top of the Page] Web Sites with Job Databases America’s Job Bank: www.ajb.dni.us Career Mosaic: www.careermosaic.com Information Week: www.informationweek.com/career/bestjobs.htm Monster Board: www.monster.com Job Engine, Ziff Davis’s Web Division: www.jobengine.com [Back to Top of the Page] Other Collections of Links: Telecom Information Resources on the Internet, Prof. Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, University of Michigan. http://china.si.umich.edu/telecom/standards.html Networking Information. http://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/bySubject/Networking.html Telecommunication Information, by David C Blight. http://www.ee.umanitoba.ca/~blight/telecom.html Telecoms Virtual Library, Analysys Lt., http://www.analysys.co.uk/vlib/default.htm Networking/Technical Information, by Jeffrey L. Carrell. http://www.startext.net/homes/carrell/net1.html Tomi Engdahl's Telecommunication Electronics Page. http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/telecom.html [Back to Top of the Page] [Back to Course Page]