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!