To have a successful career as a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), it is imperative that you understand the terminology used by individuals in the field of networking. To communicate effectively with peers and staff, you need to have a firm grasp on concepts and jargon you will be exposed to as a CCNA. Understanding basic terms and...

Gorton’s book tries to resolve this dilemma. It...

This book covers the results of the 11th and 12th Teraflop Workshop and continued a series initiated by NEC and the HLRS in 2004. As part of the TeraflopWorkbench, it has become a meeting platform for scientists, application developers, international experts and hardware designers to discuss the current state and future directions of...

Do you want to take your Poser skills beyond the basics and put the new features of Poser 8 into practice right away? If so, you've come to the right place. "Practical Poser 8: The Official Guide" is an updated edition of this best-selling reference for intermediate to advanced Poser users. It teaches the tasks you want and need...

Nowadays, there is software everywhere in our life. It controls cars, airplanes, factories, medical implants. Without software, banking, logistics and transportation, media, and even scientific research would not function in the accustomed way. Building and maintaining software is a knowledge-intensive endeavour and requires that specific...

• Master every topic on both new 2011 A+ exams.
• Assess your knowledge and focus your learning.
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Genetic algorithms are founded upon the principle of evolution, i.e., survival of the fittest. Hence evolution programming techniques, based on genetic algorithms, are applicable to many hard optimization problems, such as optimization of functions with linear and nonlinear constraints, the traveling salesman problem, and problems of...

Producing on-line, digitized information is no longer a problem. Ever more of our...

'This book is the definitive reference manual for mental ray version 3.4. It starts with a brief overview of the features of mental ray and continues with the specification of the mental ray scene description language, the mental ray shader interface, and the integration interface for third-party applications. All material is presented in...

• Java developer who wants to learn...

Throughout the book, Windows and Xbox 360 game development are mentioned within the context of the material presented. But make no mistake — this is a book about Windows Phone 7, fi rst and...

A few years ago, I was teaching a workshop on advanced SketchUp techniques to a group of extremely bright middle and high school (or so I thought) students in Hot Springs, Arkansas. As subject matter went, I wasn’t pulling any punches — we were breezing through material I wouldn’t think of introducing to most groups...