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Internet Games for Dummies, 1st edition
Authors: John Kaufeld
Venue:  (1997)

:Whether you take the wheel of an Indy race car, grab the cockpit controls in a huge robot, or bluff your opponents into folding their hands, the Internet offers the most incredible game experiences out there -- provided, of course, you know how to cajole, convince, and connive it into working. Internet Games For Dummies will provide all the information you need to get hooked up, find games for your individual taste, chat with fellow gamers, discover great online competitions, and more! Inside, find helpful advice on how to Get hooked up to find and play the hottest games through the Net's game services Chat with fellow gamers in pre- and post-game chat rooms and locate worthy opponents Find, join, and enjoy the online gaming communities inside America Online and CompuServe Figure out how to download and set up essential game software Unlock the secrets of tricking commercial games into working through the Internet Discover which tweaks, tuning, and upgrades turn your computer into a great game machine Take the kids out for an evening of online entertainment at the Net's family-oriented game centers
The difference engine: Charles Babbage and the quest to build the first computer
Venue:  (2001)

In 1821, Charles Babbage was reviewing a set of mathematical tables with a colleague in preparation for a scientific presentation when, after finding a wealth of errors, he exclaimed in frustration, "I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam!" With this outburst, Babbage began to envision an end to human errors in the numerical tables upon which finance, trade, science, and navigation relied. The Difference Engine is the fascinating story of his heroic quest, against all odds, to build the first computing machine more than one hundred years before the modern computer we use today was invented.
MACs for Dummies (Deluxe edition), 5th edition
Authors: David Pogue
Venue:  (1997)

:Macs For Dummies, the best-selling Mac book for more than five years, is the essential reference for anyone who wants to find out how to get the most out of his or her Mac. Now, Macs For Dummies introduces you to its completely revised and updated fifth edition, so you can get started right away! Best-selling author David Pogue guides novices through multitudes of Mac models and takes the fear out of this silicon gadget. With humor, patience, and almost no high-tech terminology, David Pogue makes your computer seem logical, friendly, and easy to use! Join the 1.2 million readers in 15 countries who have embraced Macs For Dummies as their ultimate guide! Inside, find helpful advice on how to Turn on your computer -- and figure out what to do next Uncover word processing basics, such as printing, faxing, and how to avoid losing your documents Find out what Mac OS 8 and Rhapsody mean -- and whether they're worth getting Discover everything worth knowing about Power Macs, PowerBooks, Performas, and Mac clones Pinpoint what you need and what you can throw away on your computer Surf the Internet and access tons of exciting, useful information with ease Uncover neat little shortcuts, hidden pictures, and timesavers Troubleshoot your way out of glitches smoothly and knowledgeably
Software Reengineering
Authors: Robert S. Arnold
Venue:  (1993)

:Software reeingineering is important for putting high software maintenance costs under control, recovering existing software assets, and establishing a base for future software evolution. The idea is to improve, or transform, existing software so one can understand, control, and use it anew. Software reeingineering is integral for achieving many goals in software maintenance and for planning for change in existing systems.
Silk, Java and object-oriented simulation
Authors: Richard A. Kilgore
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

Silk&reg; is a set of Java classes that support object-oriented, general-purpose simulation and animation using the Java programming language. Silk enables the development of complex, yet manageable simulations through the construction of usable and reusable simulation objects. Silk objects are usable because they express the precise behavior of individual entity-threads from the object perspective using familiar process-oriented modeling constructs and the object-oriented features of a general purpose programming language. Silk objects are reusable because they can be easily archived, edited and assembled using professional Java visual development environments that support the JavaBeans component architecture. This introduction describes the fundamentals of designing and creating a Silk model.
Problem Solving and Programming Concepts, 5th edition
Authors: Maureen Sprankle
Venue:  (2000)

:Suitable for use in courses such as Introduction to Programming, Problem Solving for Programmers, Problem Solving for Applications, or any computer language course, the book is divided into six parts, with the topics organized as follows: UNIT 1: Introduction to Problem Solving and Programming Basic concepts of problem solving, an introduction to how problems are solved on computers, and steps in analyzing a problem and designing an appropriate solution UNIT 2: Structuring Programs for Languages and Applications Examination of how and when the various types of logic structures are appropriately used UNIT 3: Data Structures The use of various data structures such as arrays, stacks, linked lists, and binary trees to access and process data; sort methods and search methods are also included UNIT 4: Object Oriented Programming Elements of object oriented programming and scripting UNIT 5: File Processing File concepts, sequential file processing, and random access file processing UNIT 6: Problem Solving for Application Software Word processing, desktop publishing, graphics, spreadsheets, database management systems, and document processing Numerous helpful appendices and an extensive glossary are also included. This text is accompanied by an Instructor's Manual (ISBN 0-13-026727-9), which is available free of charge to instructors using the book for a course.
Forms: Interactivity for the World Wide Web, 1st edition
Authors: Malcolm Guthrie
Venue:  (1998)

:Create HTML and PDF forms applications for use on the Web. Written by a well-known industry expert. Multiple color signatures teach readers visually. Create easy to use dynamic visual forms. 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 Digital Word: Text-Based Computing in the Humanities
Authors: George P. Landow
Venue:  (1993)

:The sixteen essays collected in The Digital Word continue Landow and Delany's exploration of the new fluid, digitized text begun in Hypermedia and Literary Studies (1991), which focused on the linking of text, graphics, or sound into structures typically bound within a single computer or local-area network. This book explores the larger realm of the knowledge infrastructure where texts are received, reconstructed, and sent over global networks. It covers text management, textual resources and communication, and working with texts. In their introductory essay, Landow and Delany address the impact of such developments as the dematerialization of text (which exists only as a piece of code) and the manipulability of text-based computing (searches, editing, comparison, and analysis), which shifts the balance of power from text to reader. Digital texts; the law, sources, distribution, and management of texts; and the need for new procedures that will make explorations of the boundless universe of text more effective are touched on as well. Current examinations of text management include the FreeText Project and personal information retrieval, a taxonomy of text-management software, and markup systems (including a clear, authoritative discussion of Standard Generalized Markup Languages). Essays in the next section take up such disparate aspects of textual resources and communications as corpus-based linguistics, networked library services, personal docuverses for the individual scholar, and the new forms of scholarly communications created by electronic mail and electronic conferencing. A concluding section on working with texts surveys what has been variously calledcomputer criticism, computer-aided criticism, and electronic text analysis in relation to textual editing, literary interpretation, and our practice of reading and writing in an electronic age. George P. Landow is Professor of English and Art at Brown University. Paul Delany is Professor of English at Simon Fraser University.
Engineering Design: Products, Processes, and Systems, 1st edition
Authors: Andrew Kusiak
Venue:  (1999)

:Written by a world class expert in engineering design, this book introduces the reader to models, frameworks, methodologies, and algorithms that have been applied with great success in industry. These approaches have significantly reduced product development cycle time and improved product and process quality and reliability. Engineering design impacts a wide range of tasks, beginning with the recognition of customer needs and ending with environmentally friendly manufacturing and material reclamation. Engineering Design: Products, Processes, and Systems is unique in presenting a process view that allows for uniform treatment of problems and issues over the entire product life cycle. The reader will acquire a complete understanding of process modeling methodologies, process reengineering, organization of design teams, design for manufacturing, and problem solving from tolerance design to product modularity and negotiation among members of the design team. The book is liberally illustrated with industrial case studies and examples and is written to meet the needs of senior undergraduate and graduate students, designers, systems analysts, software engineers, managers, and other practitioners. With its emphasis on modeling and analysis of the design process, the book is of interest to numerous disciplines, including industrial, mechanical, electrical, systems, and software engineering, as well as to various business areas such as operations management and management science. Significant portions of the material apply to the service sector, including health care.
Implementing Computer Supported Cooperative Learning, 2nd edition
Authors: David McConnell
Venue:  (2000)

:This book is about using computers to facilitate cooperative learning among groups of isolated individuals, making use of existing, accessible, and affordable technology.
Automatic capture, representation, and analysis of user behavior
Authors: Sharon J. Laskowski, James A. Landay, Mike Lister
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

The goal of this workshop is to explore the implications of automated capture and analysis of user behaviors on HCI and UE research.
JAV08SE: Java Enterprise Connectivity: Remote Method Invocation (RMI) and Serialization
Authors: SmartForce
Venue:  (2000)

: General Information Course Duration: 4 hours Audience: Programmers who wish to develop distributed Java applications using Remote Method Invocation (RMI) Prerequisites: Familiarity with previous SmartCourses in the Java 2 SmartCurriculum; a good understanding of programming principles; an understanding of basic distributed computing concepts; knowledge of object-oriented programming and C++, or equivalent, would be an advantage Topics Covered RMI concepts: Introduction to RMI RMI architecture and the registry Serialization RMI servers: Server interfaces Server implementation Hands-on: Defining a remote object Making remote objects available Using remote objects: RMI client implementation Remote method calls Hands-on: Creating an RMI client Peer-to-peer RMI Advanced RMI features: Distributed garbage collection Dynamic class loading and security Remote object activation Remote factories Minimum Requirements to run SmartForce products: 486/33 processor or higher 8MB of RAM VGA display (256 colors recommended) 10-20MB of hard disk space DOS version 3.1 or higher Windows version 3.1/Windows 95 Supported Network Operating Systems: Novell NetWare 3.1x/4.1x Windows NT 3.51/4.0 OS/2 LAN Manager Banyan Vines All units are single-useronly. Course Aim To describe the RMI architecture and show how to create client-server programs using RMI Learning Objectives After taking this course, the student should be able to: Describe the RMI architecture and explain the function of the RMI registry Understand how Java object serialization works and how to serialize an object Explain the role of RMI interfaces and how to create a remote interface Create an implementation class that can be used to create remote server objects and explain how to use the rmic compiler to create stub and skeleton classes Create a client class that uses the registry to obtain a reference to an RMI server and outline how to use appropriate parameters for remote method calls Outline how to develop a simple RMI system that implements callbacks Explain how distributed garbage collection works Describe how to configure Java 2 security for an RMI application and outline how to use the codebase property for dynamic class loading Understand how remote object activation works and describe how to create an activatable RMI server Outline how to create and use a remote factory object Course Incorporates: Test, hands-on exercises 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
Cisco CCNP Preparation Library
Authors: Laura A. Chappell
Venue:  (1999)

:Cisco CCNP Preparation Library is a comprehensive study preparation package for the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) exams, the professional-level Cisco Career Certification for network support. Containing the Cisco Press books ACRC Exam Certification Guide, CLSC Exam Certification Guide, Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting, and Building Cisco Remote Access Networks, Cisco CCNP Preparation Library covers the major topics found in the CCNP exams. ACRC Exam Certification Guide provides review and practice for ACRC Exam #640-403. Coverage of all ACRC exam objectives enables you to discover your knowledge gaps before your exam date. You'll learn about managing scalable network growth; IP addressing; IP routing protocols; OSPF configuration; EIGRP, BGP, and redistribution; WAN options; bridging; and AppleTalk and ISDN options. Likewise, CLSC Exam Certification Guide covers all objectives for CLSC Exam #640-404, including switching concepts, VLANs, ATM LAN emulation, and understanding, managing, and troubleshooting Catalyst switches. CD-ROMs with the two Certification Guides enable you to practice with randomly generated practice exams. Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting and Building Cisco Remote Access Networks are based on the Cisco training courses of the same names. These books teach concepts and tasks associated with troubleshooting and remote access found on the CCNP exams. The chapters within these books consist of technical training combined with self-assessment through study questions. This package forms a comprehensive library of study for CCNP certification approved by Cisco Systems. Through the practice questions,examples, exercises, and comprehensive reference in this package, you will gain a broad understanding of the objectives for the CCNP exams. As part of your certification study, we recommend training by any of the Worldwide Cisco Certified Training Partners. To find a training partner near you, go to wwwcisco.coni/training. Cisco Systems, Inc. is the leading global supplier of internetworking solutions, including routers, LAN and ATM switches, dial-up access servers, and network management software. The core of the books included in this package is a collaboration of multiple authors and experts over time to develop the definitive training materials for CCNP Certification.
More Windows 98 for Dummies
Authors: Andy Rathbone
Venue:  (1998)

:Best-selling computer book author Andy Rathbone gives you the Windows advice you've come to count on -- and MORE -- including sections on exploring the Web-integrated environment, customizing the desktop, compressing and storing files, and using other advanced Windows 98 features. Inside, find even MORE helpful advice on how to Install new programs, fonts, drivers, and icons, and remove unwanted ones Take full advantage of the streamlined Internet access capabilities that Windows 98 offers Send and receive e-mail and download files quickly and easily Create Web pages with FrontPage Express Watch TV shows or videos, make phone calls, and listen to music from the Internet Configure and maintain a small network Install Windows 98 on a laptop Make the most of the Active Desktop -- or turn it off if you want to
Practical software measurement: objective information for decision makers
Venue:  (2001)

Objective, meaningful, and quantifiable measurement is critical to the successful development of today's complex software systems. Supported by the U.S. Department of Defense and a rapidly increasing number of commercial practitioners, Practical Software Measurement (PSM) is a process for designing and implementing a project-based software measurement program. PSM provides essential information on scheduling, resource allocation, and technological performance. It enables software managers and developers to make decisions that will affect the project's outcome positively. This book is the official, definitive guide to PSM written by the leaders of the PSM development initiative. It describes the principles and practices for developing, operating, and continuously improving your organization's measurement program. It uses real-world examples to illustrate practical solutions and specific measurement techniques. This book examines the foundations of a software measurement program in depth, defining and prioritizing information needs, developing a project-specific information model, tailoring a process model to integrate measurement activities, and analyzing and understanding the results.
Parallel processing: a smart compiler and a dumb machine
Authors: Joseph A. Fisher, John R. Ellis, John C. Ruttenberg, Alexandru Nicolau
Venue: ACM SIGPLAN Notices (1984)

Multiprocessors and vector machines, the only successful parallel architectures, have coarse-grained parallelism that is hard for compilers to take advantage of. We've developed a new fine-grained parallel architecture and a compiler that together offer order-of-magnitude speedups for ordinary scientific code.
Bigelow's Computer Repair Toolkit
Authors: Stephen J. Bigelow
Venue:  (1997)

:This unique book/CD-ROM set gives you instant access to more than 100 freeware and shareware programs on the companion CD-ROM - and explains exactly why, when, and how to use them. These programs do essentially the same job as commercially available applications costing many hundreds of dollars more, but are provided here for you far more conveniently, economically, and, above all, usefully. The toolkit will enhance your ability to test the motherboard, chipsets, and support circuitry; pinpoint problems with ports, controller cards, and video adapters; clean and align floppy drives; make sure your monitor is "pixel-perfect"; monitor CD-ROM and hard drive performance; troubleshoot peripherals; detect and remove computer viruses; perform regular system maintenance and backup procedures; and fine-tune systems for optimum performance.
The Business Side, 1st edition
Authors: Robin B. McAllister
Venue:  (1996)

:This book concentrates primarily on the business issues facing individuals entering the desktop publishing field. Learn the essentials of operating a desktop publishing business from start-up, to hardware and software options, to management and legal issues. This book includes sample business forms and guides for increasing profitability. 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
Eigen-Texture Method: Appearance Compression and Synthesis Based on a 3D Model
Authors: Ko Nishino, Yoichi Sato, Katsushi Ikeuchi
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (2001)

Image-based and model-based methods are two representative rendering methods for generating virtual images of objects from their real images. However, both methods still have several drawbacks when we attempt to apply them to mixed reality where we integrate virtual images with real background images. To overcome these difficulties, we propose a new method, which we refer to as the Eigen-Texture method. The proposed method samples appearances of a real object under various illumination and viewing conditions, and compresses them in the 2D coordinate system defined on the 3D model surface generated from a sequence of range images. The Eigen-Texture method is an example of a view-dependent texturing approach which combines the advantages of image-based and model-based approaches: No reflectance analysis of the object surface is needed, while an accurate 3D geometric model facilitates integration with other scenes. This paper describes the method and reports on its implementation.
MCSE: Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure Design Study Guide
Authors: Bill Heldman
Venue:  (2000)

:The new Windows 2000 MCSE certification track is here! And Sybex, the leader in certification self-study material, has what you need to approach the exams with confidence. The MCSE: Windows 2000 Network Design Study Guide provides in-depth coverage of all official exam objectives. In addition to the practical, real-world instruction in the book, the accompanying CD comes with the following valuable study tools: * Pre-Assessment Exams * Case Study Questions * Electronic Flashcards for PCs and Palm Devices * Sample Adaptive Exams * Bonus Review Questions * Searchable Electronic Version of Entire Book
Practical Approach to Microsoft Office for Windows: Complete Course, 1st edition
Authors: Patricia Murphy
Venue:  (1995)

:A Practical Approach to Microsoft Office for Windows: Complete Course is a comprehensive instructional tool designed for users of Microsoft Office for Windows. (This can be used for either version of Office - the Standard 4.2 or the Professional 4.3.) This self-paced, self-teaching text-workbook provides you with all the instruction necessary to become a proficient user of this industry-leading software. Flexible enough to stand alone or be supplementary, this text easily fits your course needs.
The implementation of dynamite: an environment for migrating PVM tasks
Authors: K. A. Iskra, F. van der Linden, Z. W. Hendrikse, B. J. Overeinder, G. D. van Albada, P. M. A. Sloot
Venue: ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review (2000)

Parallel programming on clusters of workstations is increasingly attractive, but dynamic load balancing is needed to make efficient use of the available resources. Dynamite provides dynamic load balancing for PVM applications running under Linux and Solaris. It supports migration of individual tasks between nodes in a manner transparent both to the application programmer and to the user, implemented entirely in user space. Dynamically linked executables are supported, as are tasks with open files and with direct PVM connections. In this paper, we describe the technical aspects of migrating message-passing tasks.