Databases are the workhorses of the information age. Like Atlas, they go largely unnoticed
in supporting the digital world we’ve come to inhabit. It’s easy to forget that our
digital interactions, from commenting and tweeting to searching and sorting, are in
essence interactions with a database. Because of this fundamental...
Java Programming, Fifth Edition provides the beginning programmer with a guide to developing applications
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Computing continues to become more and more personalized and accessible. Handheld
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just for talking—they have been capable of carrying data and video for some time. Be it
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The Only Definitive Guide to New State-of-the-Art Techniques in Intrusion Detection and Prevention
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This book is an annotated version of the C# Language Standard, created by adding around 400
separate annotations to the complete text of the Standard. The Standard was formally adopted
as ISO Standard 23270:2006 in April 2006 and published in August 2006, and adopted as Ecma
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This is the joint post-proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on High
Performance Computing (ISHPC-VI) and the First International Workshop on
Advanced Low Power Systems 2006 (ALPS2006). The post-proceedings also
contain the papers presented at the Second HPF International Workshop: Experiences
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Animation as both an art form and popular entertainment has existed for
almost a century now. The early attempts were received enthusiastically
more for their novelty than for the quality of their craft. That even holds
true today: animated movies often make it through the studio process not
because of their true entertainment value,...
Language, like all forms of art and beauty, is about making connections and
enhancing life. Any human action, from writing a novel to taking a walk, can be
raised to the level of art. It can also be reduced to mechanics: functional, but
lifeless.
As you study Spanish, you can choose to approach it as an art form or as a...
The present work grew out of lecture notes I prepared for a Vh hour tutorial
that I was invited to give at the 29th IEEE Computer Conference (CompCon)
in San Francisco on February 27, 1987. I have just completed a substantial
update of the material, including the addition of several topics. My main
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This book is intended for an introductory course in digital logic design, which is a basic
course in most electrical and computer engineering programs. A successful designer of
digital logic circuits needs a good understanding of basic concepts and a firm grasp of
computer-aided design (CAD) tools. The purpose of our book is to provide...
Flash’s evolution is unique, even for the fast-changing computer software world.
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