Use the latest version of HTML to create dynamic Web pages
HTML5 is the latest iteration of the standard markup language for creating Web pages. It boasts extensive updates from its predecessor and allows you to incorporate rich media content into a site without any dependence on extra software such as Flash. Packed with...
This Rapid Review is designed to help you assess—and complete—your readiness
for MCTS Exam 70-680: Windows 7, Configuring. The Rapid Review series is
intended for exam candidates who already have a solid grasp on the exam objectives
through a combination of experience, skills, and study and could use a...
The field electron emission (FEE) is a unique quantum-mechanical effect of electrons tunneling
from a condensed matter (solid or liquid) into vacuum. The efficiency of this emission
process is tens of millions of times higher than in other known emission processes. The
extremely high current density in FEE and the fact that no...
Engineering graphics is the process of defining an object graphically before it is constructed
and used by consumers. Previously, this process for producing a drawing involved
the use of drawing aids such as pencils, ink pens, triangles, T-squares, and so
forth to place an idea on paper before making changes and producing blue-line...
Welcome to Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 20th edition. Since debuting as the first book of its kind on the market in 1988, no other book on PC hardware has matched the depth and quality of the information found in this tome. This edition continues Upgrading and Repairing PCs’ role as not only the best-selling book of...
It has been two decades since environmental science, environmental engineering,
and environmental consulting took root as major disciplines and professions
throughout the developed world. The learning curve has been steep as it relates
to the previously unrecognized physics of contaminant transport. Today those
principles are...
This Rapid Review is designed to help you assess—and complete—your readiness
for MCTS exam 70-662: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Configuring. The Rapid
Review series is intended for exam candidates who already have a solid grasp on the
exam objectives through a combination of experience, skills, and...
Before learning the intricacies of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and JavaScript, it is important that you gain a solid understanding of the technologies that help transform these plaintext files to the rich multimedia displays you see on your computer or handheld device when browsing the World Wide Web. For...
When I graduated from veterinary school and started my career in 1976
I didn’t know anyone who kept a ferret for a pet much less had I ever
seen one other than in pictures. My only experience with them was in an
undergraduate ethology class where I watched a 30-minute video of the
behavior of the European polecat, and I...
The Kinect sensor provides a genuinely new way for a computer to make some sense
of the world around it. The fusion of a camera, a directional microphone system,
and a depth sensor into a single, mass-market device provides an opportunity for
software developers to advance the field of computer interaction in all...
When I decided to write a book about JavaScript, I wanted to create it in a way that felt natural to how I learned the language. I didn’t learn it from school or a book; my JavaScript knowledge comes from real-world application, trial and error, and self-motivation. I wanted to present the information in a unique way...
Building distributed yet integrated systems remains a difficult problem to solve. First,
it requires a solid understanding of the individual components to be connected. Next,
we have to connect these components in a way that balances loose coupling against
system-wide requirements, such as latency and security. Last...
