The field of communications is perhaps the fastest
growing area in electrical engineering. The merging of
the communications field with computer technology in recent
years has led to digital data communications networks
such as local area networks, metropolitan area networks,
and broadband integrated services digital networks. For example,
the Internet (the “information superhighway”) allows
educators, business people, and others to send electronic
mail from their computersworldwide, log onto remote
databases, and transfer files. The Internet has hit the world
like a tidal wave and is drastically changing the way people
do business, communicate, and get information. This trend
will continue.