The Encyclopedia of Biometrics provides a comprehensive reference to concepts, technologies, issues, and trends in the field of biometrics. The volume covers all important aspects – research, development, and applications, including biometric sensors and devices, methods and algorithms, sample quality, system design and...

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When I started creating the outline for this book, I had just finished teaching a semester-long web design course for a local community college. That experience couldn’t have come at a better time because it helped me refine my approach to teaching web design. I took my years of experience creating websites and writing about...

Many years ago, when I had to learn C overnight to make a living as a programmer (this was before C++), I would have given half my salary to find a mentor, a person would say, “Here are the potholes in the road...errors that you are sure to make in learning C. And here’s how to steer around them.” Instead, I had to...

The first edition of this textbook on software engineering was published more than twenty years ago. That edition was wJitten using a dumb terminal attached to an early minicomputer (a PDP-II) that probably cost about $50,000. I wrote this edition on a wireless laptop that cost less than $2,000 and is many times more powerful than...

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This comprehensive book prepares you for Microsoft's new certification, MCTS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Exam 70-236 serves as both the single exam requirement for achieving the MCTS designation as well as the entry exam for the MCITP certification for Exchange Server 2007. Inside, you'll find the practical and in-depth...

In the last few years, changes have had a profound influence on the problems addressed by compiler designers. First, the proliferation in machine architectures has necessitated the fine-tuning of compiler back ends to exploit features such as multiple memory banks, pipelines and clustered architectures. These features provide potential for...

Virtualization is a top priority for thousands of companies all over the world. Written by an author team that is part of the Windows virtualization group at Microsoft, Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V will walk you through Hyper-V essentials so you can get you up to...

The phenomenal success of the iPhone, iPad and the iPod touch has ushered in a “gold rush” for developers, but with well over 300,000 apps in the highly competitive App Store, it has become increasingly difficult for new apps to stand out in the crowd. Achieving consumer awareness and sales longevity for your iOS app requires a...

We are pleased to present the proceedings of the third international conference on Software Language Engineering (SLE 2010). The conference was held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands during October 12–13, 2010. It was co-located with the ninth international conference on Generative Programming and Component Engineering (GPCE) and the...

Welcome to the CompTIA A+ Exam Cram, Fifth Edition. This book prepares you for the CompTIA A+ Essentials Exam (number 220-701), and the CompTIA A+ Practical Application Exam (number 220-702) Imagine if you will, that you are at a testing center and have just been handed the passing scores for these exams. The goal of this...