This handy textbook covers all you need to get started with spreadsheets.
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This is a textbook for a first- or second-year graduate course for electrical and computer
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IRCDL is a yearly event for Italian researchersworking onDigital Libraries-related
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This is the center, the goal, even
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As Ruby pro David Copeland explains, writing a command-line application that is self-documenting, robust, adaptable and forever useful is easier than you might think. Ruby is particularly suited to this task, since it combines high-level abstractions with "close to the metal" system interaction wrapped up in a concise,...
This book is inspired by boredom and fascination: boredom with the usual presentation of data structures and algorithms, and fascination with complex
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As the Web continues to grow and evolve, more and more data are
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I was recently invited to participate in a cyber security dinner discussion by a few
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Systems Analysis and Design (SAD) is an exciting, active field in which analysts continually
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Five years ago, we extended the world’s leading product for individual developers, Microsoft Visual Studio, into Visual Studio Team System, and it quickly became the world’s leading product for development teams. This addition of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) to Visual Studio made life easier and more...
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