Different Bus Standards in Computer Networking

Serial interconnects and layered protocols, Parallel models, serial models, Synchronous verses asynchronous operation, Physical layer function and services, logical sub-block, Expansion slots and Add-in cards, Bus evolution and bus wars, ISA, EISA, MCA, PCI, PCI-X, PCIe, PCMIA, Video and monitor types, Ports serial and parallel, USB and Fireware, Ethernet, Mass storage devices, Floppy and hard drives, High and low level formatting, CDs and DVDs, Types, speeds and formatting.