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High-Speed Networking: A Systematic Approach to High-Bandwidth Low-Latency Communication

John Wiley & Sons, 2001

"Building networks with high performance demanded by today's applications requires a complete understanding of the basic principles and latest techniques. This book is the definitive guide to both."-Lyman Chapin

High-speed networking is the essential enabler of modern sophisticated distributed computing applications. This...

3-D Human Modeling and Animation, Second Edition

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

All the tools and know-how to create digital characters that can move, express emotions, and talk

3-D Human Modeling and Animation demonstrates how you can use your artistic skills in figure drawing, painting, and sculpture to create animated human figures using the latest computer technology. This easy-to-follow book guides you...

MP3: The Definitive Guide

O'Reilly, 2000

MP3, standing for MPEG-1, Layer 3, is a codec for compressing the size of audio files for digital distribution. Much more than a definition, MP3 is nothing less than a cultural and economic revolution on the Internet. Every day, hundreds of thousands of MP3 music files are searched for, shared, recorded and listened to by computer and Internet...

Teach Yourself VISUALLY MacBook (Tech)

Visual, 2008

Teach Yourself Visually

Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer instructions that show you how to do something — and skip the long-winded explanations? If so, then this book is for you. Open it up and you'll find clear, step-by-step screen shots that show you how to tackle more than 160 MacBook tasks. Each task-based...

Risk, Complexity and ICT

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007

This book explores the challenges regarding risks and risk management related to the growing complexity of ICT solutions.

The main argument of the book is that the complexity of ICT solutions has continued to grow throughout the history of ICT, and that it has now reached a level that goes beyond our current understanding of...

Data Model Patterns: A Metadata Map (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2006

A very ambitious undertaking, masterfully described. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first published version of the detailed models implied by the Zachman Framework. David Hay builds the models one step at a time, describing in each increment why the new entities were added, and how they related to the rest of the model. At least as...

Software by Design: Shaping Technology and The Workplace

Oxford University Press, 1994

As computers become more and more integral to business and other organizational operations around the world, software design must increasingly meet the social demands of the workplace. This book provides an informative, cogent examination of how various social factors--such as organizational structure, workplace relations, and market...

Silverlight 2 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (Expert's Voice in .Net)

Apress, 2008

Microsoft .NET Architect Evangelist, Jit Ghosh, presents a practical companion guide to developing rich, interactive web applications with Silverlight 2. Common problems, issues, and every–day scenarios are tackled with a detailed discussion of the solution and ready–made code recipes that will save you hours of coding...

Contamination-Free Manufacturing for Semiconductors and Other Precision Products

CRC Press, 2001

Provides advanced treatment and in-depth coverage of the origins, procedures, and disposal of contaminants in the manufacturing of semiconductors and other precision products. Offers solutions to inadequate areas of measurement capability and control technology, clarifying problems in the industry.

Semiconductor chip manufacturing, now a...

Autonomous Mobile Robots: Sensing, Control, Decision Making and Applications (Control Engineering)

CRC Press, 2006

It has long been the goal of engineers to develop tools that enhance our ability to do work, increase our quality of life, or perform tasks that are either beyond our ability, too hazardous, or too tedious to be left to human efforts. Autonomous mobile robots are the culmination of decades of research and development, and their potential is...

Environmental Pollution and Control, Fourth Edition

Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997

Complex environmental problems are often reduced to an inappropriate level of simplicity. While this book does not seek to present a comprehensive scientific and technical coverage of all aspects of the subject matter, it makes the issues, ideas, and language of environmental engineering accessible and understandable to the nontechnical...

High Dynamic Range Imaging, Second Edition: Acquisition, Display, and Image-Based Lighting

Morgan Kaufmann, 2010

This landmark book is the first to describe HDRI technology in its entirety and covers a wide-range of topics, from capture devices to tone reproduction and image-based lighting. The techniques described enable you to produce images that have a dynamic range much closer to that found in the real world, leading to an unparalleled visual...

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