Information technology: general topics Books

From one of the editors of the renowned book Beyond Calculation, acclaimed by The New York Times for its "astonishing intellectual reach", comes a new collection of equal brilliance. Focusing on the impact of computers on...

This book examines the semiotic effects of protocols and algorithms at work in popular social media systems, bridging philosophical conversations in human-computer interaction (HCI) and information systems (IS) design with contemporary work in critical...

Mobile devices' impact on daily life has raised relevant questions regarding public and private space and communication. Both the technological environment (operating systems, platforms, apps) and media ecosystems (interface design, participatory...

This book is a study of the resurgence and re-imagination of feminist discourse on gender and sexuality in South Asia as told through its cinematic, literary, and social media narratives. It brings incisive and expert analyses of emerging disruptive...

The Local Area Network Handbook focuses on this collective environment, in which networking and information technology work together to create LAN-based enterprise networks.

Today the vast majority of the world's information resides in, is derived from, and is exchanged among multiple automated systems. Critical decisions are made, and critical action is taken based on information from these systems. Therefore, the...

A safe basis for automatic loop parallelization is the polyhedron model, which represents the iteration domain of a loop nest as a polyhedron in an n-dimensional integer lattice. However, turning the parallel loop program in the model to efficient code...

The name of this book is Ubuntu Ushing Hacking. This book write is a Indian author Meet Chauhan. With the help of this book, you can easily read etheal hacking and cyber security. In this book you can get rid of HoneyPot, Trace Email and Virus...

What started as a small immature podcast, has blossomed through almost ten years into a small immature YouTube channel. Join Jay Egge Mann as he takes you on a trip through the many years of The Sonic Show. We look at how the show started, how it grew,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a somewhat disappointing technology buzzword from the last decade, associated with expensive and heavyweight technology that does not provide as much of a return on investment as was hyped - or is it? Has the...

Using an innovative and unusual approach in the programming field, this book could somehow be compared to a waterfall: it starts quietly, by describing simple basic terms, and then accelerates until it covers most modern features towards the end.For...

Inauguraldissertation an der Philosophisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Bern.

UniVerse® is a dynamic and powerful platform supporting a bewildering range of real world business critical applications. At the heart of this platform lie a highly approachable metadata-driven enquiry language and a flexible three dimensional data model...

The ultimate goal of system identification is the identification of possibly nonlinear systems in the presence of unknown deterministic and stochastic noise using robust, efficient algorithms that are amenable to recursive implementation. Throughout the...

In the computer security context, a hacker is someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system or computer network. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, protest, challenge or enjoyment.The subculture that has...

This handbook about Plasma Active gives an short overview about the handling and working with Plasma Active.

The second book in the 'Learning WITNESS' series provides a set of model builds and discussions which take the lessons in Book One, and the Basic WITNESS training course, further. Topics include 'Tanks and Fluids Modeling', 'Tracks and Vehicles Modeling'...

El objetivo de este libro es permitir al lector obtener una visión global sobre la plataforma JEE. Adquiriendo los conocimientos necesarios para comenzar a trabajar con los distintos frameworks que soporta (Hibernate, Spring, JSF, etc.).A diferencia de...

Packed with real life examples, taken from a life on the road, Paul brings his latest fun and inspirational guide to learning BIRT to fruition. Not only can this book teach you BIRT quickly and easily, with lots of practical, step by step examples, but...

A different sort of programming book -- it steps back from variables and syntax and code details. Programming can be better, faster and more enjoyable by incorporating the ways of thinking that are presented. You are guided towards how to make yourself...

This book introduces the theory and applications of metaheuristic algorithms. It also provides methods for solving practical problems such as software engineering problems, image recognition problems, problems in video networks, and problems in the ocean.

This book focuses on the hands-on approach to learning Data Mining. It showcases how to use Python Packages to fulfill the Data Mining pipeline, which is to collect, integrate, manipulate, clean, process, organize, and analyze data for knowledge.

The book reviews the development process of blockchain algorithms and examples of their applications in different sectors. The opportunities and challenges of blockchain implementations that arise in making technological innovations usable in corporate...

As organizations increasingly depend on electronic information, the lack of systematic training on effective operations and security principles is causing chaos. This book reviews fundamental concepts and practical recommendations for operations and...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

A wide-ranging collection of essays covering a multitude of topics: from how best to write technical documents for an international audience to can readability be measured. In the mix is a discussion on structured authoring, why human-generated indexes...

Living in the heart of Silicon Valley, a family tries to thrive. Supposedly the valley is full of unicorns and you just hop on for a ride. This is a myth. The valley is brutal: it destroys people's dreams, families, and homes. This is the story of how...

The global shift toward delivering services online requires organizations to evolve from using traditional paper files and storage to more modern electronic methods. There has however been very little information on just how to navigate this change-until...

Metaheuristics are widely used to solve important practical combinatorial optimization problems. Many new multicast applications emerging from the Internet-such as TV over the Internet, radio over the Internet, and multipoint video streaming-require...

This book explores the use of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) as an efficient protocol. It combines all of the relevant information available on the Internet along with a number of arguments treated in the various books that are available,...

In the competitive business arena companies must continually strive to create new and better products faster, more efficiently, and more cost effectively than their competitors to gain and keep the competitive advantage. Computer-aided design (CAD),...

All scheduling software is difficult to learn for a number of reasons. None have the optimal settings when installed and templates, views and default options need to be adjusted to obtain the best possible performance. Usually the Help files do not...

This easy-to-use and comprehensive book provides answers to over 140 HTML5 questions. Each answer includes a description of the solution and sample code you can use in your documents. The invaluable tips and tricks will help you get started fast, and the...

This guide is intended for both new and experienced Tiki administrators. Not only will this guide help you improve your Tiki site, but you'll also learn how to get the most out of your participation in the Tiki Community. It will show you how to find...

The AIMMS 3.10 User's Guide provides a global overview of how to use the AIMMS system. It is aimed at application builders, and explores AIMMS' capabilities in helping you create a model-based application in an easy and maintainable manner. The guide...

This book includes a variety of articles which look critically and judiciously at Google and its products, with a focus on Google Scholar and Google Book Search. It also examines their usefulness in a public service context. Its ultimate aim is to assess...

This book integrates four distinct topics: young people, citizenship, new media, and learning processes. When taken together, these four topics merge to define an arena of social and research attention that has become compelling in recent years. The...

What the book covers: Computers For Seniors For Dummies, 5E covers the basic information for new over-50 computer owners, and for those new to the Windows 10 OS (Anniversary Edition), who need a gentle, hand-holding, step-by-step approach to getting...

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a type of style sheet which can be used for not only Web designs, but also a variety of printing uses and page media such as PDF. Using CSS in paged media design for XML and HTML is not yet common, but its use is expected...

This book divides edge intelligence into AI for edge (intelligence-enabled edge computing) and AI on edge (artificial intelligence on edge). It focuses on providing optimal solutions to the key concerns in edge computing through effective AI...

This introductory textbook introduces students to mathematical concepts and helps them to understand how they apply to the field of game development. The book covers mathematical concepts commonly used in game development while providing application of...

This book offers a comprehensive overview of recent research on the internet, emphasizing its spatial dimensions, geospatial applications, and the numerous social and geographic implications such as the digital divide and the mobile internet.Written by...

Covering the roles and responsibilities of the project manager, this second edition describes requirement specifications, work breakdown structures, project control and risk management, and offers new information on motivation, matrix arrangements, and...

Recent research shows that collaboration and social networking foster knowledge sharing and innovation by sparking new connections, ideas, and practices. Yet these informal networks are often misunderstood and poorly managed. Building on the...

Inside the Dark Web provides a broad overview of emerging digital threats and computer crimes, with an emphasis on cyberstalking, hacktivism, fraud and identity theft, and attacks on critical infrastructure. The book also analyzes the online underground...