Manage everyday calculations instantly and accurately-saving you time in the design, construction, and maintenance of all types of structures
Covering all aspects of civil engineering calculations in an easy-to-understand format, the new edition of the Handbook of Civil Engineering Calculations is now revised and...
Turn to this multipurpose reference for a practical understanding of electronics in the factory or laboratory. It's perfect for people who are not electrical engineers but who need to use electronic equipment every day at work. Avoid or solve common problems in the use of electronics in the factory or lab and optimize the use of...
You may be reading this book for many reasons. It could be because you heard all about
Hadoop and what it can do to crunch petabytes of data in a reasonable amount of time.
While reading into Hadoop you found that, for random access to the accumulated data,
there is something called HBase. Or it was the hype that is prevalent these days...
Gamification may be a new term, but the idea of using game-thinking and game
mechanics to solve problems and engage audiences isn’t exactly new. The military
has been using games and simulations for hundreds (if not thousands) of years, and
the U.S. military has been a pioneer in the use of video games across branches. Three...
Speaker identification is a widely used technique in several security
systems. In remote access systems, speaker utterances are recoded and
communicated through a communication channel to a receiver that performs the
identification process. Speaker identification is based on characterizing each
speaker with a set of features...
From a little renegade scripting language to the de facto standard platform of today, JavaScript has become a universal language available in the widest range of devices; it is truly the 'write once, run everywhere’ language. However, as JavaScript applications become more complicated, testing and applying sustainable software...
Learn to use Excel for practical, day-to-day calculations
Excel is a powerful program with more than 300 built-in functions that can be used to perform an almost infinite number of calculations. This friendly book shows you how to use the 150 most valuable ones in real-world situations: to compare the cost of buying vs....
Every team needs a regular dose of team spirit to function at its best. That's why managers turn to these easy and effective activities for building camaraderie and cohesion. Now in its second edition, "Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers "addresses the problems that drag down group productivity and helps teams:...
Cisco routers are nearly ubiquitous in IP networks. They are extremely flexible and reliable devices, and the number and variety of features grows with each new release of the Internetwork Operating System (IOS). While Cisco Press and several other publishers supply excellent documentation of router features both online and...
Given the prominent role Excel plays in today's companies, the need for users to better manage, distribute, and incorporate spreadsheets in larger applications is greater than ever. Written by Microsoft's lead developers of Excel Services, this book shares their insights into the benefits and usage of Excel's new server technology so that you can...
In 2005, the U.S. Government Accountability Office recommended that all agencies begin planning a coherent transition to IPv6. IPv6 will solve the problem of limited IP addresses and improve internetworking capabilities. This promising protocol is gaining momentum and it is only a matter of time before the transition will have to occur globally....
Amazon Web Services is an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform in the Cloud, which businesses can take advantage of as their needs demand. The Amazon Cloud provides the enterprise with the flexibility to choose whichever solution is required to solve specific problems, ultimately reducing costs by only paying for what you use.
