The Shelly Cashman Series® offers the fi nest textbooks in computer
education. This book is our answer to the many requests we have
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succinct, yet thorough, introduction to computers.
Is “provisioning a web server in 5 minutes for $5” the most
interesting thing about the cloud?
Those responsible for IT in their enterprise are quickly
discovering that the cloud is a game-changing trend that
offers a completely new methodology for service provision.
The cloud not only lets you cut...
Welcome to A Bug Hunter’s Diary. This book describes the life cycles of
seven interesting, real-life software security vulnerabilities I found over
the past several years. Each chapter focuses on one bug. I’ll explain
how I found the bug, the steps I took to exploit it, and how the vendor...
Over the last two or three decades, elliptic curves have been playing an increasingly
important role both in number theory and in related fields such as
cryptography. For example, in the 1980s, elliptic curves started being used
in cryptography and elliptic curve techniques were developed for factorization
and primality...
Several modifications have been incorporated into the text in the light of recent
advances in some aspects of the subject. Further information on the interesting phenomenon
of cavitation has been included and a new section on the optimum design of
a pump inlet together with a worked example have been added which take into account...
This book is a practical guide to discovering and exploiting security flaws in web applications. By “web applications” we mean those that are accessed using a web browser to communicate with a web server. We examine a wide variety of different technologies, such as databases, file systems, and web services, but only in the context...
We wrote this book to serve the needs of not just the MySQL application developer but also the MySQL database administrator. We assume that you are already relatively experienced with MySQL. We also assume some experience with general system administration, networking, and Unix-like operating systems.
It is demonstrated that spectral characteristics of steady-state visual
evoked potentials (SSVEPs) in a brain-computer interface (SSVEP-based BCI)
depend significantly on the stimulus parameters, such as color and frequency of its
flashing light. We postulate these dependencies can be used to improve the BCI
performance –...
Views is a contributed module that was originally written by Earl Miles, who is known as
merlinofchaos, or simply Merlin in the Drupal community. The module is maintained by
him and others in the Drupal community.
Views 1 was written during the Summer of Code in 2005, and was available for Drupal 4.6,
4.7, and for...
SimpleCV is a framework for use with Python. Python is a relatively easy language to
learn. For individuals who have no programming experience, Python is a popular language
for introductory computer and web programming classes. There are a wealth of
books on programming in Python and even more free resources...
The easiest way to learn how to create a Web page for your family or organization
Do you want to share photos and family lore with relatives far away? Have you been put in charge of communication for your neighborhood group or nonprofit organization? A Web page is the way to get the word out, and Creating Web Pages...
Optimization is a procedure of finding and comparing feasible solutions until no better
solution can be found. Solutions are termed good or bad in terms of an objective, which
is often the cost of fabrication, amount of harmful gases, efficiency of a process, product
reliability, or other factors A significant portion of research...
