Introduction Examines a de facto standard for external data representation and presentation as well as a set of library procedures used to perform data conversion Describes the general motivations for using an external data representation and the details of one particular implementation

CONTENTS THE OSI MODEL LAYERS IN THE OSI MODEL TCPIP PROTOCOL SUITE ADDRESSING Tcp/IP VERSIONS CSIE, NTUT, TAIWAN

Contents NAME SPACE DOMAIN NAME SPACE DISTRIBUTION OF NAME SPACE DNS IN THE INTERNET RESOLUTION DNS MESSAGES TYPES OF RECORDS COMPRESSION EXAMPLES

Multiple Threads Master thread for connection requests Slave threads for handling communication with clients Thread of execution: an abstraction of independent computation Single process can contain one or more threads CSIE, NTUT, Taiwan

Examples Iterative, Connectionless Server (UDP) Iterative, Connected-Oriented Server (TCP) Concurrent. Connection-Oriented Server(TCP)

Consolidating Servers Same motivations for multiprotocol servers Higher risk to use a single, multiservice server, why? Consolidating many services into a single server process reduces the number of executing processes dramatically The total code required

Topics Covered FUture values Present values MONIEY MUltiple cash Flows PErpetuities and Annuities INflation Time Value SEffective Annual Interest rate Irwin McGraw-Hill

Topics Covered Stocks and the Stock Market Book Values. Liquidation Values and Market values Valuing Common Stocks Simplifying the Dividend Discount Model Growth Stocks and Income Stocks Irwvin McGraw-Hill

Topics Covered Bond Characteristics reading the financial pages Bond Prices and Yields Bond prices and interest rates YTM VS. current yield Rate of Return Interest Rate Risk The Yield Curve Nominal and Real Rates of Interest

Topics Covered SCalls and puts sWhat Determines Option values SPotting the Option Irwin McGraw-Hill CThe McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc, 2001