If you’re like us and have lots of empty wall space in your office you need to check out this list. We have collected a list of posters that focus on interesting information rather than nice-looking sunsets. And of course all are computer and network related.
We will definitely be ordering or printing some of these ourselves to add to the create spirit here at the office.
OS evolution over the past 60 years
Computer OS functionality and evolution, including UNIX and UNIX-like OSs and also Microsoft from DOS to Vista.
Price/availability: $19.99
Link: http://www.javvin.com/computer-operating-systems-os-map.html
Anatomy of a Linux System
Poster for O’Reilly’s Open Source Software Convention in 2001, so it’s a bit dated, but still full of information.
Price/availability: Free PDF download
Link: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/linux/news/linuxanatomy_0101.html
Windows 2008 deployment planning
Two Windows 2008 posters showing core functionality and Active Directory components.
Price/availability: Free PDF download
Link: http://www.itprosecure.com/main/blogs/windows_2008…
Linux kernel
A map of all functions and layers inside the Linux kernel.
Price/availability: $15-30
Link: http://www.linuxdriver.co.il/kernel_map_poster
Network Management Architecture and Technologies Map
Everything there is to know about network management in one poster.
Price/availability: $19.99
Link: http://www.javvin.com/networkmanagementmap.html
Network protocols
Everything there is to know about network management in one poster.
Price/availability: $19.99
Link: http://www.javvin.com/map.html
OSI Model
The poster shows the OSI model including details about each layer.
Price/availability: $19.95
Link: http://www.itposters.com/networkessentials.html
Network Architecture
The poster shows all Ethernet implementations illustrated with their IEE 802 specifications.
Price/availability: $19.95
Link: http://www.itposters.com/networkessentials.html
Internet World
Poster showing international routes and transmission capacity in 2000.
Price/availability: $29.95
Link: http://www.bitwisegifts.com/page/bg/PROD/14000/14003
CAIDA Internet Map: Edition 2
Visual “Skitter graph” of Internet connectivity generated from real data.
Price/availability: $19.95
Link: http://www.bitwisegifts.com/page/bg/PROD/14000/14007
Domain name system
Diagram explaining how DNS and domain names work and how it’s governed.
Price/availability: Free PDF download
Link: http://www.dubberly.com/maps/domain-name-system.html
Country codes
Globe with all ccTLDs and phone country codes.
Price/availability: $25-40
Link: http://www.visibone.com/countries/
Global Internet Map 2006
Global map showing the Internet’s infrastructure.
Price/availability: $225
Link: http://www.telegeography.com/products/map_internet/index.php
Web Trend Map 2008
Creative poster showing the top Internet brands in 2008.
Price/availability: $55 or free PDF download
Link: http://informationarchitects.jp/web-trend-map-3-get-it/
MySQL Charts
Set of two posters with MySQL statements and functions.
Price/availability: $20-30
Link: http://www.visibone.com/sql/#chart
MS SQL Server 2005
Poster with system views in Microsoft MS SQL server 2005.
Price/availability: free PDF download
Link: http://blogs.msdn.com/publicsector/archive/2005/12/27/507618.aspx
History of Programming Languages
A timeline plotting the evolution of over 50 programming languages.
Price/availability: free PDF download
Link: http://www.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly/news/languageposter_0504.html
Mother tongues of computer languages
Shows relations and branches of computer programming languages.
Price/availability: free hi-res PNG download
Link: http://www.digibarn.com/collections/posters/tongues/
.NET Framework 3.5 , types and namespaces
Commonly used types and namespaces in Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.
Price/availability: free PDF download
Link: http://blogs.msdn.com/pandrew/archive/2007/11/02/announcing…
Hopefully you found some nice posters for your walls. Our guess is that there are lots of other great posters out there in addition to these, so if you’ve seen any good ones let us know in the comments!
