Unit One: Optical Fiber Communication Passage A: The General System Passage B: Advantages of Optical Fiber Communication Passage C: Fiber-optics Communication Unit Two: Telecommunications Passage A: Evolution of Telecommunication Networks Passage B: Telecommunications Passage C: Telecommunications: a brief historical review Unit Three: Data Communications Passage A: Data Communications Passage B: Characteristics of Communication Channels Passage C: Communication Equipment and Software Unit Four: Mobile Communications Passage A: GSM(Global System for Mobile Communication) Passage B: Cellular Mobile Telephone System Passage C: The Radio Communication System Unit Five: ISDN Passage A: Introduction of ISDN Passage B: ISDN Multimedia Services Passage C: ISDN Evolution and its Benefits Unit Six: Multimedia Passage A: What Is Multimedia? Passage B: Characteristics Passage C: Multimedia Unit Seven: Images and Televisions Passage A: Fundamental Concepts Passage B: Compression/Decompression Techniques Passage C: Television Unit Eight: Auxiliary Storage Passage A: CD and CD-ROM Passage B: Hard Disks and Optical Disks Passage C: Introduction to CD-ROM Unit Nine: Microelectronics Passage A: Introduction to Microelectronics Passage B: The Simple Atom, Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors Passage C: Diode and Transistor Unit Ten: Lasers Passage A: What is a Laser? Passage B: Introduction: Super-tool Passage C: Lasers Unit Eleven: A Laser Bestiary: Different Types of Lasers Passage A: Crystal and Glass Lasers Passage B: Liquid Lasers: the Free-electron Laser and the X-ray Laser Passage C: Gas Lasers Unit Twelve: Database Passage A: Database: A Better Way to Manage and Organize Data Passage B: DBMS and Data Independence, Integrity, Security Passage C: Database System and Three Data Models Unit Thirteen: Network Passage A: Computer Networks(1) Passage B: Computer Networks(2) Passage C: Network Unit Fourteen: Artificial Intelligence Passage A: Artificial Intelligence Passage B: Expert Systems and Robotics Passage C: Development of AI Unit Fifteen: Neural Network Passage A: Neural Network Applications Passage B: The Issues Passage C: Introduction to Neural Networks Unit Sixteen: Others(I) Passage A: Evolution of the Access Network Passage B: Intelligent Network Concept Passage C: What Is Internet? Unit Seventeen: Others(II) Passage A: Microwave Radio System Passage B: Introduction to Broadband Telecommunications Passage C: Careers in Electronics Unit Eighteen: Others(III) Passage A: Satellite Fundamentals Passage B: ATM Passage C: LANs and ATM