Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking / Microsoft Corporation. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-7356-0573-4 1. Computer networks--Encyclopedias. I. Microsoft Corporation. TK5102 .M527 2000 004.6'03--dc21 00-024947

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