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References: Network, Peripherals, and the Device Lifecycle

  1. Firewall (computing) - Wikipedia - Explains how a firewall filters network traffic, the concept behind this chapter's firewall-basics-for-clubs section.

  2. Bandwidth (computing) - Wikipedia - Covers how network capacity is measured and shared among devices, the background for this chapter's network-bandwidth-planning section.

  3. Cloud storage - Wikipedia - Explains how data is stored on remote servers and synced across devices, the technology behind this chapter's cloud-storage-for-devices and backup-device-plan sections.

  4. The Practice of System and Network Administration (3rd Edition) - Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, and Strata R. Chalup - Addison-Wesley - Limoncelli and coauthors wrote the field's standard reference on network planning, backups, and device lifecycle management, the professional practice this chapter simplifies for a volunteer-run club.

  5. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things - William McDonough and Michael Braungart - North Point Press - McDonough and Braungart popularized circular, end-of-life-first design thinking, the reasoning behind this chapter's device-donation, refurbished-sourcing, and end-of-life-plan sections.

  6. Who We Are - PCs for People - A national nonprofit that refurbishes donated computers for low-income families and organizations, a real-world model for this chapter's device-donation-program and refurbished-device-sourcing sections.

  7. Create, Find and Edit Bookmarks in Chrome - Google Chrome Help - Official instructions for creating and organizing bookmark folders, directly supporting this chapter's class- and student-bookmark-folder sections.

  8. Manage Bookmarks - Google Chrome Enterprise and Education Help - Explains how administrators can push shared bookmark folders to managed devices, extending this chapter's browser-bookmark-management section to a club's whole device fleet.

  9. Electronics Donation and Recycling - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Federal guidance on responsibly retiring old devices, directly supporting this chapter's device-end-of-life-plan section.

  10. Free Equipment Inventory Templates & Spreadsheets - Smartsheet - Spreadsheet templates for tracking peripherals like headphones, mice, and storage devices, supporting this chapter's peripheral-device-management section.