The authors give a detailed summary about the fundamentals and the
historical background of digital communication. This includes an
overview of the encoding principles and algorithms of textual
information, audio information, as well as images, graphics, and video
in the Internet. Furthermore the fundamentals of computer networking,
digital security and cryptography are covered. Thus, the book provides a
well-founded access to communication technology of computer networks,
the internet and the WWW. Numerous pictures and images, a subject-index
and a detailed list of historical personalities including a glossary for
each chapter increase the practical benefit of this book that is well
suited as well as for undergraduate students as for working
practitioners.