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Howard Aiken: Portrait of a Computer Pioneer
Authors: B. Bernard Cohen
Venue:  (2000)

:Howard Hathaway Aiken (1900-1973) was a major figure of the early digital era. He is best known for his first machine, the IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator or Harvard Mark I, conceived in 1937 and put into operation in 1944. But he also made significant contributions to the development of applications for the new machines and to the creation of a university curriculum for computer science. This biography of Aiken, by a major historian of science who was also a colleague of Aiken's at Harvard, offers a clear and often entertaining introduction to Aiken and his times.
Modulated Coding for Intersymbol Interference Channels
Authors: Xiang-Gen Xia
Venue:  (2000)

:Summarizes the latest research results for mitigating intersymbol interference, introducing a new technique called modulated coding. Considers three cases in MC encoding and decoding and reviews mitigation methods, detailing basic concepts related to modulated coding.
Newnes Radio Engineer's Pocket Book
Authors: John Davies
Venue:  (1994)

:Radio engineers and technicians have a continuing need for a wide range of information that is not readily available from one source; not available, that is, until now. This handy volume covers all aspects of radio and communications engineering from very low frequencies to microwaves, with particular emphasis on mobile communications. Wave principles and the decibel scale, instrumentation and power supplies, equipment types and encryption methods, connectors and interfaces, are all included in this book. While primarily a reference for those involved in the radio industry, this is sure to be the everyday handbook for students, amateurs, and anyone interested in radio and communications technology. 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
A low-bandwidth network file system
Authors: Athicha Muthitacharoen, Benjie Chen, David Mazières
Venue: Proceedings of the eighteenth ACM symposium on Operating systems principles (2001)

Users rarely consider running network file systems over slow or wide-area networks, as the performance would be unacceptable and the bandwidth consumption too high. Nonetheless, efficient remote file access would often be desirable over such networks---particularly when high latency makes remote login sessions unresponsive. Rather than run interactive programs such as editors remotely, users could run the programs locally and manipulate remote files through the file system. To do so, however, would require a network file system that consumes less bandwidth than most current file systems.This paper presents LBFS, a network file system designed for low-bandwidth networks. LBFS exploits similarities between files or versions of the same file to save bandwidth. It avoids sending data over the network when the same data can already be found in the server's file system or the client's cache. Using this technique in conjunction with conventional compression and caching, LBFS consumes over an order of magnitude less bandwidth than traditional network file systems on common workloads.
Structured programming and FORTRAN
Authors: Daniel E. Jones
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th annual Southeast regional conference (1976)

Although structured programming techniques were introduced to the data processing world in 1968, widespread acceptance of these techniques in applications programming has been very slow. This paper discusses the state-of-the-art of structured programming with respect to two avenues of though: 1) E. W. Dijkstra and the purist view of structured programming; and 2) the view presented by Baker and Mills concerning the chief programmer team concept. These as applied to a FORTRAN environment are examined. In addition, selected extensions to standard FORTRAN are explored.
On building very large naming systems
Authors: Chaoying Ma
Venue: Proceedings of the 5th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop: Models and paradigms for distributed systems structuring (1992)

This position paper draws attention to the construction of very large scale distributed naming systems. Some existing systems of this kind include the Domain Name System (DNS) and the DEC Distributed Name Service (DEC DNS) [10,11]. One of the most important requirements for the system is high availability. Replication is therefore of particular interest in structuring such a system.It is difficult to implement replication for a large and still growing distributed system. Although replication promises attractive properties such as high availability and enhanced reliability, the cost for maintaining consistency is substantial. Many replication control methods have been developed and studied, but few keep a good balance between high availability and reliability. Although replication has been used for large naming and authentication systems [1,10], it is only successful in situations in which the application can handle stale naming data. If an application must keep close track of some key naming data, it may be badly interrupted if the naming data is out of date. In such situations, the standard replication process is not adequate. In the following sections, I will explain the problem in further detail and describe a solution to it based on the experience of designing a global naming system - the Universal Name Service at Cambridge University Computer Laboratory [9].
eBay Online Auctions: Effective Buying and Selling with eBay, 1st edition
Authors: Neil J. Salkind
Venue:  (1999)

:More than 48 million items have been sold via the eBay on-line auction Web site since its inception in 1995. This companion guide teaches strategies and techniques for successful trading on the different types of eBay auctions and offers advice on how to get the best prices, how to automatically increase bids, and how to safely send in payment to the seller. It also explains ways to become a more effective buyer, when to participate in an auction and when to pass one by, and how to avoid buyer's remorse when making an impulse bid. It also covers how to establish credibility at eBay using their unique rating system to evaluate both the buyers and sellers of on-line purchases.
Activex Programming with Visual C++
Authors: Jerry Anderson
Venue:  (1997)

:ActiveX is the foundation of all future component development. Using sample controls and a hands-on approach, this must-have guide will explore this exciting new architecture and teach users how to build powerful new servers, controls, and COM objects. It's the perfect resource for users who want to increase their programming efficiency and develop cutting-edge technical expertise.Covers the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), the new Active Template Library (ATL), and the BaseCtl framework-in detailShows how to implement and effectively use advanced ActiveX features, such as Asyncnchronous Properties, pure COM interfaces, DCOM, and moreReveals three different methods for creating ActiveX controls and when to use each one
The HTML SourceBook
Authors: Ian S. Graham
Venue:  (1995)

:With The HTML Sourcebook, Second Edition, you'll quickly master all the commands, tools, and techniques you need to create state-of-the-art Web page documents. This extensively revised edition of the bestselling guide to online publishing using HTML now provides complete coverage of HTML 3.0, the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Standard experimental HTML features such as Netscape and Microsoft extensions, Web document design, and more. Of course, you'll still find the clear, step-by-step guidelines, priceless pointers, and abundance of instructive examples - complete with code and screen captures - that made the first edition of this book the standard reference on HTML for the Web page developer community.
Migrating to NetWare 4.1
Authors: Karanjit S. Siyan
Venue:  (1995)

:As a hands-on guide to understanding, implementing, and managing NetWare 4.1, this book thoroughly explains the migration procedures from NetWare 3.x to NetWare 4.1. This is the guide for NetWare administrators who want to expand their knowledge and upgrade their network!Complete coverage of NetWare Directory Services, security, and printingReaders will learn how to implement NetWare 4.1 MHS, multi-protocol routing, and bindery synchronizationAddresses the fundamentals and implementation from an experienced NetWare professional's point of view
Dynamic Modeling in the Health Sciences with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: James L. Hargrove
Venue:  (1998)

:The study of complex physiological and metabolic aspects of human health can be powerfully enhanced by the use of simulation software. This book and accompanying CD integrate the use of STELLA software into the teaching of health, nutrition, and physiology. The book can be used on its own as a textbook in nutrition and physiology courses, or can serve as a supplement to introduce the role of simulation modeling. Dynamic Modeling in the Health Sciences presents key subjects ranging from the theory of metabolic control to weight regulation to bone metabolism, and gives readers the tools to simulate these dynamic processes with STELLA software. Topics include methods for simulation of gene expression, a multi-stage model of tumor development, theories of aging, circadian rhythms and physiological time, and a model for managing weight loss and preventing obesity.
X-Squad, 1st edition
Authors: Greg Off
Venue:  (2000)

:Dont lead your team into battle without the help of X-SQUAD: PRIMAS OFFICIAL STRATEGY GUIDE. Inside, youll find strategies for commanding your 4-person squad, complete weapons stats, detailed maps, bios of all team members and enemies, a helpful explanation of tactical orders, and much more! 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
Implementation of fast RSA key generation on smart cards
Authors: Chenghuai Lu, Andre L. M. dos Santos, Francisco R. Pimentel
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Applied computing (2002)

Although smart cards are becoming used in an increasing number of applications, there is small literature of the implementation issues for smart cards. This paper describes the issues and considerations that need to be taken into account when implementing the key generation step of a cryptographic algorithm widely used nowadays, RSA.Smart cards are used in many applications that require a tamper resistant area. Therefore, smart cards that use cryptography have to provide encryption, decryption, as well as key generation inside its security perimeter. RSA key generation is a concern for on-card implementation of RSA cryptosystem, as it usually takes a long time. In this paper, two simple but efficient key generation algorithms are evaluated, in addition to a simple but not very efficient algorithm. The paper discusses in detail how to build fast implementations for the three algorithms presented, using smart cards with crypto-coprocessor.
Information systems as social structures
Authors: Ariel Fuxman, Paolo Giorgini, Manuel Kolp, John Mylopoulos
Venue: Proceedings of the international conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems - Volume 2001 (2001)

Organizations are changing at an ever-faster pace, as they try to keep up with globalization and the information revolution. Unfortunately, information systems technologies do not support system evolution well, making information systems a roadblock to organizational change. We propose to view information systems as social structures and define methodologies which develop and evolve seamlessly an information system within its operational environment. To this end, this paper proposes an ontology for information systems that is inspired by social and organizational structures. The ontology adopts components of the i* organizational modeling framework, which is founded on the notions of actor, goal and social dependency. Social patterns, drawn from research on cooperative and distributed architectures, offer a more macroscopic level of social structure description. Finally, the proposed ontology includes organizational styles inspired from organization theory. These are used not only to model the overall organizational context of an information system, but also its architecture. Social patterns and organizational styles are defined in terms of configurations of i* concepts. The research has been conducted in the context of the Troposproject.
A comparison of identification criteria for inductive inference of recursive real-valued functions
Authors: Eiju Hirowatari, Setsuo Arikawa
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2001)

In this paper we investigate the inductive inference of recursive real-valued functions from data. A recursive real-valued function is regarded as a computable interval mapping. The learning model we consider in this paper is an extension of Gold's inductive inference. We first introduce some criteria for successful inductive inference of recursive real-valued functions. Then we show a recursively enumerable class of recursive real-valued functions which is not inferable in the limit. This should be an interesting contrast to the result by Wiehagen (1976, Elektronische Informationsverarbeitung und Kybernetik, Vol. 12, pp. 93--99) that every recursively enumerable subset of recursive functions from N to N is consistently inferable in the limit. We also show that every recursively enumerable class of recursive real-valued functions on a fixed rational interval is consistently inferable in the limit. Furthermore, we show that our consistent inductive inference coincides with the ordinary inductive inference, when we deal with recursive real-valued functions on a fixed closed rational interval. Copyright 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Netscape Navigator 3: Browsing and Beyond, 1st edition
Authors: William P. Mann
Venue:  (1996)

:Netscape expert William P. Mann brings you the ultimate collection of practical tips and techniques for maximizing Netscape Navigator 3 and Navigator Gold. With Mann's insightful strategies, you'll painlessly get Navigator installed, connected to the Net, and configured the way you want it -- saving your online time for fun and productivity, instead of troubleshooting. In fact, you'll never browse the Web the same way again after reading Netscape Navigator 3: Browsing and Beyond!
Using Visual J++, 1st edition
Authors: Greg M. Perry
Venue:  (1996)

:This book is perfect for the Internet or intranet developer who wants to be the "first" to know how to use this new programming tool! From basic Jakarta programming to the advanced issues, including security and special intranet programming topics, this all-in-one reference has readers covered!Covers essential programming tasks and additional Java classes included with Visual J++Discusses the integration of existing C++ code in JavaRelates Visual J++ to the rest of Microsoft's Internet Development SDK and ActiveX 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
DBMS selection and evaluation: perspectives and practical issues
Authors: F. Brett Berlin, James R. Deline, J. Ron Phillips, Wanda A. Reynolds
Venue: Proceedings of the 1978 ACM SIGMOD international conference on management of data (1978)

As management information systems become more and more "data centered", the software chosen to handle the data becomes more crucial to the system's overall successful operation. But how does a user procure a DBMS that is right for his or her needs? What are the questions that the user should be asking the vendor, and how should the vendor answers be evaluated? These are the central issues to be considered by this panel session. In this session, therefore, panel members will consider the DBMS user's problems in selecting DBMS software. Based upon personal experience and insight in this area, each panel member will seek to identify the central issues which must be considered in the DBMS selection process, including such problems as benchmarking and other pre-selection testing, general selection criteria, cost evaluation, transportability, security, conversion, and reliability. After presenting some of the basic issues, the panel will come to some conclusions as to how managers in industry and government can approach their own DBMS procurements.
Developers Guide to HP Printers: With Disk
Authors: Norman E. Smith
Venue:  (1998)

:Hewlett-Packard printers, both LaserJet and DeskJet, use a page description language called PCL (Printer Control Language). This title covers all versions of PCL, along with the color commands added to PCL. The disk includes a scripting language called PAL (Printer Application Language) which allows the user to program with the printer.
A+ Certification Core Module Test Prep Kit with Cdrom
Authors: Ted Chandler
Venue:  (1999)

:Exam expert Ted Chandler provides an exclusive insider's point of view on exam content and test-taking strategies for the Core Module portion of the A+ exam. The CD-ROM includes interactive exam aid software from Beachfront Quizzer to simulate the actual test. 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
Algorithm 815: FORTRAN subroutines for computing approximate solutions of feedback set problems using GRASP
Authors: Paola Festa, Panos M. Pardalos, Mauricio G. C. Resende
Venue: ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software (TOMS) (2001)

We propose FORTRAN subroutines for approximately solving the feedback vertex and arc set problems on directed graphs using a Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure (GRASP). Implementation and usage of the package is outlined and computational experiments are reported illustrating solution quality as a function of running time.
Mobile host tracking and resource discovery
Authors: Aline Baggio, Ian Piumarta
Venue: Proceedings of the 7th workshop on ACM SIGOPS European workshop: Systems support for worldwide applications (1996)

In mobile environments, as computers move to unknown networks, they need to discover new services, applications, and other network resources. Since the performance characteristics of such environments are often poor (due mainly to wireless communications and the restricted power of machines), mobile hosts require access to the nearest equivalent of some resource. On the other hand, services and applications located on the fixed part of the network may need to be aware of mobile host locations, in order to redirect messages, replies, references, files, displays, and so on. To achieve such resource discovery and mobile host tracking, a possible solution is to use a mechanism that supports remote object references --- Stub-Scion Pair Chains --- extended to allow host movement, disconnection and reconnection. Given this mechanism, we are able to install on both the fixed and mobile parts of the network some dedicated objects that allow the management of resource accesses and locations of mobile hosts, via tables and chains of references.
Oracle8 DBA: Network Administration: Exam 1z0-016
Authors: Barbara Ann Pascavage
Venue:  (1999)

:Covers how to use Oracle8's connection manager, and provides information on the Advanced Network option. Provides examples of both client and server configuration net files for Net8. Acts as an excellent reference for troubleshooting Oracle Net8 problems. Features an exclusive tear-out Cram Sheet with tips, acronyms, and memory joggers (mnemonics) to improve recall immediately before the exam. Includes sections on proven test-taking strategies, time-saving study tips, and shortcuts. Oracle is the industry leader in Database software with a market share of over 60%. Oracle is slow to change its network connection protocols, making Net8 Database Administration a valuable skill. Serves as an invaluable pre-test review for even the most experienced Oracle DBA. Specifically designed to help the reader pass the Oracle8 Network Administration exam for OCP certification. Provides practice questions with detailed explanations of why the right answer is correct and the wrong answer is wrong. 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
ATM for Public Networks
Authors: Ronald H. Davis
Venue:  (1999)

:The emergence of network technologies paves the way for the merging of voice and data over a common infrastructure - a feat that promises to usher in serious changes in today's public networks and in the communications industry in general. ATM for Public Networks delivers all the comparative data and insights that communications engineers, telecommunications leaders, and Internet Service Providers need to make critical go/no-go decisions about ATM technology. Not just for enthusiasts or the presold, ATM for Public Networks empowers you to make the most cost-, quality-, and time-effective technology choices for your network - based on an in-depth understanding of the tradeoffs. And with its full discussions of TCP bandwidth management ... detailed comparisons of IP over ATM vs. IP over SONET ... and voice over IP vs. voice over ATM ... this book has plenty to give to those with greater interest in other 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
Mystery
Authors: Anne Ryman
Venue:  (1995)

:Here's a beautiful, 4-color collector's edition for Myst enthusiasts who want to maximize play and minimize frustration. The first part of the book offers clever hints and tips, installation and troubleshooting help, and loads of helpful screen shots. The second part of the book provides actual puzzle and mystery solutions, for those mysteries that have the player utterly stumped. 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 Consultant's Guide to Getting Business on the Internet
Authors: Herman R. Holtz
Venue:  (1997)

:A very practical, hands-on guide on how to network and market services on the Internet. It covers how to find the right places on the Internet to make the right contacts for your services; how to solicit interest from potential clients; how to follow up with bids, quotations, proposals, or meetings, and how to conduct yourself appropriately on the Internet. 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
Eudora for Windows & MacIntosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Authors: Adam C. Engst
Venue:  (1997)

:Eudora is completely cross platform and comes in both free (Light) and commercial (Pro) versions, both of which are covered in this guide. The book walks users through basic Eudora terminology, menus, and windows and works through a basic setup. From there, the book delves into various tasks involved in email, such as writing and reading messages, and sending and receiving email.