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Linux® For Dummies: Quick Reference: 3rd Edition, 3rd edition
Authors: Viktorie Navratilova
Venue:  (2000)

:LINUX For Dummies Quick Reference, 3rd Edition, takes you straight to the heart of this revolutionary new operating system from selecting and installing the right version to handling standard networking and system administration tasks. The book features an alphabetical listing of common shell commands, keyboard shortcuts for working with e-mail and the X-Window system, and tons of tips on how to handle DOS, Windows, Mac, and UNIX files. And the book's special lay-flat binding means that the information you need is always right at your fingertips. Updated with the latest changes to the Linux Kernel 2.2, and the hottest Linux distro's. Get in fast and get out with the information you need on performing common and complex Linux tasks without the hassles of index lookups and sorting through pages and pages of extraneous information. Fun, fast, and friendly way to get the facts -- and nothing but the facts -- on the increasingly popular multi-user, multitasking operating system for PCs that's taking the computing world by storm. Tasks are arranged alphabetically and instructions are clear-cut, so readers can get in and out quickly without reading lots of material. About the Author Phil Hughes wrote the previous editions of Linux For Dummies Quick Reference. He is a well-known speaker and writer on Linux. Hughes is the Publisher of Linux Journal, one of the top Linux magazines out there (both in print and on the web) and in addition to running the magazine, he promotes Linux through talks and presentations. He is Manager of SSC's production staff, general-purpose technical editor for SSC, Board member, Linux International. Viktorie Navratilova has been working with Unix for 6 years, specializing in Network Security. She writes on Linux and Security for the Chicago Tribune, and has contributed pieces to Linux Journal, Linux Gazette, and the 1st two editions of this book. She also gives talks for local user groups on Unix and Network security, and has previously worked for Galileo and Lucent Technologies. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Transceiver and System Design for Digital Communications, 2nd edition
Authors: Scott R. Bullock
Venue:  (2000)

:The second edition offers updated coverage of the latest advancements involving broadband and home networking systems. New coverage includes PLC, PNA and Bluetooth. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Web Channel Development for Dummies (with CD-ROM), 1st edition
Authors: Damon A. Dean
Venue:  (1997)

:Ever thought about setting up your own channel on the Internet? Well, now, here's your chance! Create Web channels for the Microsoft and Netscape browsers, as well as channels for PointCast and Marimba. Web Channel Development For Dummies gives you the lowdown on all the major webcasting technologies and shows you how to use them to set up your own channel. It's quick, it's easy, and -- most important -- it's fun. Inside, find helpful advice on how to Design your first Web channel Use JavaScript to bring your Web channel to life Set up, maintain, and upgrade your channel Create content that leaves your subscribers wanting more Promote your Web channel on the Internet Avoid the most common mistakes of webcasting Get Web site content sent directly to you as a Web channel subscriber Make your content easy to access as a Web channel developer
MS Office 2001 for MAC for Dummies
Authors: Tom Negrino
Venue:  (2000)

:Master the entire range of Office programs and tools with Microsoft&reg; Office 2001 For Macs For Dummies&reg;, your all-in-one guide to getting Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook Express, and Internet Explorer working together in perfect harmony. Written in plain English with lots of tips, tricks, and techniques on the entire range of Office tools, Microsoft&reg; Office 2001 For Macs For Dummies&reg; answers the question "How do I ...?" with insight and welcome doses of humor.
Computerized Business Statistics, 4th edition
Authors: Owen P. Hall
Venue:  (1998)

:This menu-driven software package covers the basic material for a first-year statistics course. Operable on IBM PCs and compatibles,the programs feature a user-friendly spreadsheet editing format and easy file access. A basic introduction followed by a set-up and solved example are included for each program. The package is available shrink-wrapped with IRWIN Business Statistics texts at a reduced price.
Real-Time Marketing: Creating Competitive Advantage with Digital Print Communication, 1st edition
Authors: James Morris-Lee
Venue:  (2000)

:Despite the proliferation of media channels in business marketingboth electronic and printmost companies still view these media as being independent forms of communication. The author builds a case, however, for the fact that content and programming for both e-media and traditional advertising must be thought of as a continuum of media to realize optimal impact and results. Real-Time Marketing benchmarks these media, outlining their singular strengths and weaknesses, and offers essential rules for their deployment. It also covers how to integrate their use for greater synergy and power in one-to-one communication, including web-to-print and emerging print-to-web technologies. The author also shows how digital communication and customer demand are blurring the traditional dichotomies of "marketing" and "sales" as well as the distinctions between what is a "product" and what is a "service." He then goes on to describe how organizations can use new technology to provide better support mechanisms for sales channels and product-distribution systems. This book will give you the framework you need to get your business ready for the brave new world of real-time marketinghow to make the most of your internal and external knowledge resources for creating informational value. It draws on knowledge from a wide range of disparate fieldscomputer science, human psychology, organizational development, and marketingto show in concrete terms what's required to become a real-time "customer-centric" company. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Little Windows 95 Book
Authors: Kay Yarborough Nelson
Venue:  (1995)

:Your guide to Windows 95. This easy, informative, and entertaining volume spotlights the essentials so you can get to work quickly. Short, fully-illustrated chapters explore the Windows interface in detail, offering tips and tricks the manual doesn't. Each chapter includes a handy summary chart of keyboard shortcuts and quick tips.
Mastering Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000
Authors: Shane Hunt
Venue:  (1999)

:Mastering Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 is designed to get you grounded in the fundamentals of this new program so you can start using it right away. But this book doesn't stop with the basics. Graphics expert Shane Hunt guides you through the full range of features, teaching you sophisticated techniques and work-arounds you can rely on to help you get the most out of PhotoDraw.
Optimization of importance sampling parameters for the efficient simulation of communication networks and ATM switches using mean field annealing
Authors: Michael Devetsikiotis, J. Keith Townsend
Venue: Proceedings of the 30th annual Southeast regional conference (1992)

Importance sampling (IS) is recognised as a potentially powerful method for reducing simulation runtimes when estimating the probabilities of rare events in communication systems using Monte Carlo simulation. A dynamic application of IS combined with regenerative techniques has been shown to provide excellent simulation performance.To obtain large improvement factors in simulation runtime using IS, the modification, or bias of the underlying probability measures must be carefully chosen. We present in this paper a methodology which optimizes IS parameter settings using the mean field annealing (MFA) optimization algorithm in conjunction with statistical estimates of the IS estimator variance.We demonstrate the effectiveness of this methodology by estimating blocking probabilities for the Geo/Geo/1/K, IBP/Geo/1/K queues and a 16 &times; 16 synchronous Clos ATM switch. Improvement factors of three to fifteen orders of magnitude are obtained for these examples.
Cyber Design: Illustration: The Best Computer Generated Design
Authors: Rockport Publishing
Venue:  (1996)

:More than 150 projects illustrate how the power of the computer is changing the way artists approach the art of illustration. In these full color pages, you will find cutting edge designs from top illustrators, designers, graphic design firms, and advertising agencies. The text includes information about the people and technology that created the illustrations - specifics on the illustrator, the client, and the hardware/software tandems that made the special effects possible. Detailed descriptions offer helpful insight into the design techniques and computer tricks used to achieve these futuristic graphics. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Director & Lingo 8.0/INSIDE Macromedia Series, 1st edition
Authors: Scott J. Wilson
Venue:  (2000)

:Based on the real-world experience of successful developers in the multimedia industry, INSIDE Macromedia Director & Lingo introduces readers to the software functionality and capabilities that are needed most when building applications. The cornerstone of the INSIDE Macromedia Series, and a "must" for both novice and experienced Director users, INSIDE Macromedia Director & Lingo also features discussion of the development considerations involved in various delivery environments. Lingo, Director's scripting language, is introduced within the context of providing basic-level interactivity, including learner controls of forward, backup, menus selection, and the control of external media elements like movies.
The AutoCAD Book: Drawing, Modeling, and Applications Using AutoCAD 2000, 1st edition
Authors: James M. Kirkpatrick
Venue:  (1999)

:Fully updated to reflect the features of AutoCAD 2000, this versatile book can be used to learn AutoCAD as part of a self-study program, and is suitable for a wide range of different CAD topics. Enables readers to relate commands to producing drawings, presenting topics in the order in which they are actually used. Provides numerous drawing exercises and modeling exercises throughout. Explores AutoCAD 2000 3D Orbiter and its options in the book's 3D chapters. Covers new AutoCAD 2000 features such as new plotting features, right-click menus, references to new model-space-paper space features contained in new layouts, and new lineweight command. Updates margin art describing menus and toolbars from AutoCAD Release 14 to AutoCAD 2000. For engineers or technical draftspersons looking to brush up on their AutoCAD skills.
Single sourcing for translations
Authors: Deborah A. Hysell
Venue: Proceedings of the 19th annual international conference on Computer documentation (2001)

OCLC Online Computer Library Center has reduced costs and improved quality by using single sourcing in the localization of its services. For its FirstSearch reference service (which provides access to 80 databases for 18,000 libraries in 64 countries), OCLC has been through three phases of localization. Each phase has increased consistency and efficiency and lowered our translation costs. In the first phase of localizing FirstSearch in 1999, we introduced French and Spanish versions. The translation included the user interface screens and the help system. During this phase, we had minimal reuse of text in the interface and help files. The next year, OCLC released a major redesign of that service-with three levels of searching and greatly expanded database help. A separate administrative service and help system were also included. The translation task became much larger, and we needed to optimize the opportunities for text reuse in the system interfaces, help systems, and documentation. In the interfaces, all text strings were categorized and defined as entity strings-reused as needed among functions, databases, and user levels. For help and documentation, the needed content was analyzed and defined in an SGML DTD. Scripts were used to generate 240 help topics from a few SGML files. This approach reduced translation costs and facilitated consistency. Now in the third phase of localization, we are integrating our tool set, implementing a content management system, and adding support for Asian languages. Through this phase, we expect to reduce translation costs and improve quality.
Fault tolerant support in guide
Authors: S. Krakowiak, X. Rousset de Pina
Venue: Proceedings of the 4th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop (1990)

This paper briefly describes how the issues of fault tolerance are treated in Guide, an Object-Oriented Distributed Operating System under development at Grenoble on a local network of work-stations. Section 1 is an overview of the project. Section 2 describes the the computational model. Section 3 describes mechanisms provided by the computational model to cope with node failures. Section 4 gives the status and experience.
Component revision identification based on IDL/ADL component specification
Authors: Přemysl Brada
Venue: ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes (2001)

Although software components have become one of the mainstream technologies, they still lack a supportive versioning scheme. This paper describes a system for revision identification of released components with well defined semantics. It is based on the analysis of changes in the component IDL or ADL specification structured into a hierarchy of traits and categories of declarations.
Inside job
Authors: Ann Quigley
Venue: netWorker (2002)

Ex-employees and trusted partners may pose the greatest threats to network security
Using Windows NT 3.51: Special Edition
Authors: Paul Sonna
Venue:  (1996)

:With the release of Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51 will gain the Windows 95 interface and Microsoft Network connectivity. From this comes a high demand for a complete tutorial and reference covering both the server and client version of NT.Includes coverage of the Windows 95 interface upgrade and Microsoft Network connectivityHelps users get NT up-and-running, connected, and maintainedFeatures expert tips and advice on Microsoft's client/server operating system The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
The impact of human-centered features on the usability of a programming system for children
Authors: John F. Pane, Brad A. Myers
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

HANDS is a new programming system for children that was designed for usability. This paper examines the effectiveness of three features of HANDS: queries, aggregate operations, and data visibility. The system is compared with a limited version that lacks these features. In the limited version, programmers can achieve the same results but must use more traditional programming techniques. Children using the full-featured HANDS system performed significantly better than their peers who used the limited version. This provides evidence that usability of programming systems can be improved by including these features.
Optimised batch patching with classes of service
Authors: Paul P. White, Jon Crowcroft
Venue: ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review (2000)

In this paper we present a new technique called Optimised Batch Patching with Classes of Service(OBP with CoS) which can be used to leverage the benefits of multicast within the context of 'near' video-on-demand systems in IP networks. OBP with CoS builds on an earlier scheme, known as Optimised Patching, but is different in two respects. Firstly, in OBP with CoS, the server artificially delays requests in order to increase the probability of accumulating duplicates, thereby allowing greater exploitation of multicast compared to Optimised Patching albeit at the expense of higher latency until commencement of service. Secondly, the client is able to request a latency class of service which reflects how long the client is prepared to wait until playout of the video. The server scheduling algorithm attempts to minimise network bandwidth consumption within the constraints imposed by the class of each request. We present analysis and simulations of our scheme in order to validate its effectiveness.
High-speed architectures for Reed-Solomon decoders
Authors: Dilip V. Sarwate, Naresh R. Shanbhag
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (2001)

New high-speed VLSI architectures for decoding Reed-Solomon codes with the Berlekamp-Massey algorithm are presented in this paper. The speed bottleneck in the Berlekamp-Massey algorighm is in the iterative computation of discrepencies followed by the updating of the error-locator polynomial. This bottleneck is eliminated via a series of algorithmic transformations that result in a fully systolic architecture in which a single array of processors computes both the error-locator and the error-evaluator polynomials. In contrast to conventional Berlekamp-Massey architectures in which the critical path passes through two multipliers and 1+[log2(t +1)] adders, the critical path in the proposed architecture passes through only one multiplier and one adder, which is comparable to the critical path in architectures based on the extended Euclidean algorithm. More interestingly, the proposed architecture requires approximately 25% fewer multipliers and a simpler control structure than the architectures based on the popular extended Euclidean algorithm. For block-interleaved Reed-Solomon codes, embedding the interleaver memory into the decoder results in a further reduction of the critical path delay to just one XOR gate and one multiplexer, leading to speed ups of as much as an order of magnitude over conventional architectures.
Virtual Working: Social and Organisational Dynamics
Authors: Paul J. Jackson
Venue:  (1999)

:This book addresses the social and organizational dynamics which underlie recent technological and work developments within organisations, often referred to as 'virtual working'. It goes beyond a mere description of this new work phenomenon in order to provide morerigorous ways of analyzing and understanding the issues raised. In addition to providing accounts of developments such as web-based enterprises and virtual teams, each contributor focuses on the employment of information technology to transcend the boundaries between and within organisations, and the consequences this has for social and organizational relations.
From local to global coordination: lessons from software reuse
Authors: Rebecca E. Grinter
Venue: Proceedings of the 2001 International ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work (2001)

Software reuse offers the promise of reducing product costs and increasing system reliability by making it possible to share code. However, software reuse in practice has proved much harder. This paper examines three cases of software reuse to understand why reuse remains elusive. The findings show that reuse encounters three coordination problems: the work required to traverse boundaries, the effects of organizational and environmental changes, and the coordination required to align and assemble multiple pieces of software.
Systems, Software, and Quality Engineering: Theory and Fundamentals
Authors: Arthur E. Ferdinand
Venue:  (1993)

:This guide proposes a unified theory for explaining and evaluating defect behavior in software and achieving the highest quality level. It uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the character and behavior of defects and shows how to develop predictive parameters to control the volume, nature, and form of defect behavior in software. No advanced mathematical skills are required to understand the explanations of how to analyze, anticipate, and control defects in complex software systems; quantify the occurrence of defects in systems; determine how the number of expected defects in a system relate to the size, complexity, and structure of the system and the environment; develop Zero Defect systems; and make appropriate tradeoffs between productivity and quality, and investments and return. Closed-form solutions provide insights into the interplay between variables that affect quality productivity, and other system properties. Software engineering metaphors and examples are used throughout to maintain the focus on practical issues. New areas covered include module sizes, the latest measures of quality, zero-defect systems, and how to quantify complexity. Formulas that describe important system properties in software development are included. Systems, Software, and Quality Engineering: Applying Deficit Behavior Theory to Programming will meet the needs of professionals in computer science, systems engineering, software engineering, operations research, and quality control. It will serve as a text for senior and graduate level courses related to these professions. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Web-to-Host Connectivity, 1st edition
Authors: Lisa Lindgren
Venue:  (2000)

:CRC Press, LLC presents the Best Practices In series. Auerbach publishing, a world-renowned leader in Information Technology and Information Systems, announces a bold new publishing program to serve the ever increasing needs of the IT professional. This series is designed to provide cutting-edge techniques and practices of leading IT organizations; these are must have reference works for any IT organization. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Electronic Prepress: A Hands-on Introduction, 1st edition
Authors: Bill Parsons
Venue:  (1995)

:Electronic Prepress: A Hands on Introduction brings the power of the desktop to your workspace. In this one volume you'll learn the basics of scanning, image manipulation, page layout and more.
Foundations of Parallel and Distributed Programming, 1st edition
Authors: Greg R Andrews
Venue:  (1999)

:Greg Andrews teaches the fundamental concepts of multithreaded, parallel and distributed computing and relates them to the implementation and performance processes. He presents the appropriate breadth of topics and supports these discussions with an emphasis on performance. Features Emphasizes how to solve problems, with correctness the primary concern and performance an important, but secondary, concern Includes a number of case studies which cover such topics as pthreads, MPI, and OpenMP libraries, as well as programming languages like Java, Ada, high performance Fortran, Linda, Occam, and SR Provides examples using Java syntax and discusses how Java deals with monitors, sockets, and remote method invocation Covers current programming techniques such as semaphores, locks, barriers, monitors, message passing, and remote invocation Concrete examples are executed with complete programs, both shared and distributed Sample applications include scientific computing and distributed systems