Computer Systems Architecture
Computer Systems Architecture

Author: Aharon Yadin

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-08-19

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 1482231069

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Computer Systems Architecture provides IT professionals and students with the necessary understanding of computer hardware. It addresses the ongoing issues related to computer hardware and discusses the solutions supplied by the industry. The book describes trends in computing solutions that led to the current available infrastructures, tracing the initial need for computers to recent concepts such as the Internet of Things. It covers computers’ data representation, explains how computer architecture and its underlying meaning changed over the years, and examines the implementations and performance enhancements of the central processing unit (CPU). It then discusses the organization, hierarchy, and performance considerations of computer memory as applied by the operating system and illustrates how cache memory significantly improves performance. The author proceeds to explore the bus system, algorithms for ensuring data integrity, input and output (I/O) components, methods for performing I/O, various aspects relevant to software engineering, and nonvolatile storage devices, such as hard drives and technologies for enhancing performance and reliability. He also describes virtualization and cloud computing and the emergence of software-based systems’ architectures. Accessible to software engineers and developers as well as students in IT disciplines, this book enhances readers’ understanding of the hardware infrastructure used in software engineering projects. It enables readers to better optimize system usage by focusing on the principles used in hardware systems design and the methods for enhancing performance.

The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites
The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites

Author: Hannah Lewi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-10-29

Total Pages: 563

ISBN-13: 0429015291

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The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites presents a fascinating picture of the ways in which today's cultural institutions are undergoing a transformation through innovative applications of digital technology. With a strong focus on digital design practice, the volume captures the vital discourse between curators, exhibition designers, historians, heritage practitioners, technologists and interaction designers from around the world. Contributors interrogate how their projects are extending the traditional reach and engagement of institutions through digital designs that reconfigure the interplay between collections, public knowledge and civic society. Bringing together the experiences of some of today’s most innovative cultural institutions and thinkers, the Handbook provides refreshingly new ideas and directions for the exciting digital challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. As such, it should be essential reading for academics, students, designers and professionals interested in the production of culture in the post-digital age.

Electronic Enterprise: Strategy and Architecture
Electronic Enterprise: Strategy and Architecture

Author: Targowski, Andrew

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2003-01-31

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1931777780

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Electronic enterprise is the road map to well-planned evolution of enterprise complexity with business and system strategies integration through standardized architectures of IT components. This work provides a vision for IT leaders with practical solutions for IT implementation.

Digital Asset Management
Digital Asset Management

Author: David Austerberry

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2012-10-12

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1136024255

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Content and media asset management systems are core back office applications of the modern day broadcaster, yet there is little information available on the control and management of these systems and how content can be delivered over a variety of different channels: television, iTV, internet, webcasting, mobile phones and wireless PDAs. This book explains the potential for applying asset management systems to content creation models for distribution over a variety of outlets and the benefits gained from increased efficiency and lowering of costs. Taking an unbiased view and focusing on core principles rather than specific systems, David Austerberry presents the business case for digital asset management systems, demystifies some assumptions regarding the technology and provides a thorough introduction to the system components required, such as indexing, searching, middleware, database and rightsmanagement and web portals.

Digital Asset Management
Digital Asset Management

Author: Unknown Author

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2012-10-12

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1136024263

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Content and media asset management systems are core back office applications of the modern day broadcaster, yet there is little information available on the control and management of these systems and how content can be delivered over a variety of different channels: television, iTV, internet, webcasting, mobile phones and wireless PDAs. This book explains the potential for applying asset management systems to content creation models for distribution over a variety of outlets and the benefits gained from increased efficiency and lowering of costs. Taking an unbiased view and focusing on core principles rather than specific systems, David Austerberry presents the business case for digital asset management systems, demystifies some assumptions regarding the technology and provides a thorough introduction to the system components required, such as indexing, searching, middleware, database and rightsmanagement and web portals.

Computer Security Basics
Computer Security Basics

Author: Deborah Russell

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 9780937175712

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Deborah Russell provides a broad introduction to the many areas of computer security and a detailed description of how the government sets standards and guidelines for security products. The book describes complicated concepts such as trusted systems, encryption and mandatory access control in simple terms, and includes an introduction to the "Orange Book".

Architectural Research Methods
Architectural Research Methods

Author: Linda N. Groat

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-04-03

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1118418514

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A practical guide to research for architects and designers—now updated and expanded! From searching for the best glass to prevent glare to determining how clients might react to the color choice for restaurant walls, research is a crucial tool that architects must master in order to effectively address the technical, aesthetic, and behavioral issues that arise in their work. This book's unique coverage of research methods is specifically targeted to help professional designers and researchers better conduct and understand research. Part I explores basic research issues and concepts, and includes chapters on relating theory to method and design to research. Part II gives a comprehensive treatment of specific strategies for investigating built forms. In all, the book covers seven types of research, including historical, qualitative, correlational, experimental, simulation, logical argumentation, and case studies and mixed methods. Features new to this edition include: Strategies for investigation, practical examples, and resources for additional information A look at current trends and innovations in research Coverage of design studio–based research that shows how strategies described in the book can be employed in real life A discussion of digital media and online research New and updated examples of research studies A new chapter on the relationship between design and research Architectural Research Methods is an essential reference for architecture students and researchers as well as architects, interior designers, landscape architects, and building product manufacturers.

Elegant Design
Elegant Design

Author: Luca Iandoli

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2022-04-07

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1350174270

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Visual information is everywhere. We are constantly immersed in a flow of visual data that reshapes our social and inner world. Companies and individuals are competing to conquer the public's scarce attention by inventing distinctive visual formats to stand out from the crowd. How can designers, inventors, and product managers create designs that are quick to process as well as meaningful, unique and memorable in an age characterized by constant information overload? The answer is to think aesthetically. Research insights at the intersection between cognitive science and art studies demonstrate that our minds can effectively process visual complexity by using aesthetic pleasure and judgement as a guide. Analysing the work of great artists and designers from the perspective of how our mind appreciates beauty, Elegant Design identifies actionable aesthetic strategies that will help you to design products and user experiences that are useful, beautiful and meaningful.

Collaborative Design and Planning for Digital Manufacturing
Collaborative Design and Planning for Digital Manufacturing

Author: Lihui Wang

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-01-27

Total Pages: 427

ISBN-13: 1848822871

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Collaborative design has attracted much attention in the research community in recent years. With increasingly decentralized manufacturing systems and processes, more collaborative approaches and systems are needed to support distributed manufacturing operations. "Collaborative Design and Planning for Digital Manufacturing" presents a focused collection of quality chapters on the state-of-the-art research efforts in the area of collaborative design and planning, as well as their practical applications towards digital manufacturing. "Collaborative Design and Planning for Digital Manufacturing" provides both a broad-based review of the key areas of research in digital manufacturing, and an in-depth treatment of particular methodologies and systems, from collaborative design to distributed planning, monitoring and control. Recent development and innovations in this area provide a pool of focused research efforts, relevant to a wide readership from academic researchers to practicing engineers.

Books IV–VI
Books IV–VI

Author: Ludger Hovestadt

Publisher: Birkhäuser

Published: 2022-12-31

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 3035626030

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Abhandlung zur digitalen Architektur Hovestadts Traktat folgt strikt den Linien der bekannten Abhandlungen von Vitruv und Alberti, in der Annahme, dass wir uns heute wieder in einer ähnlichen Konstellation befinden. Vitruv und Alberti brachten zum Ausdruck, was Architektur in ihrer Epoche bedeutete: die römische Antike und die Renaissance. Hovestadt formuliert sie nun in den heutigen Begriffen der Physik, Mathematik, Technologie, Literatur und Philosophie neu. Die Bücher I bis III befassen sich mit der Rolle des Architekten und der Objektivität der Architektur. Die Bücher IV bis VI thematisieren die Modalitäten des Sprechens und der Kodierung von Architektur: das Geheime, das Öffentliche und das Private. Die Bücher VII bis X widmen sich den eigentlichen digitalen Mechanismen: künstlicher Intelligenz, natürlicher Kommunikation, Gnomonik und kulturellem Erbe. Ein Architekturtraktat unserer Zeit in 10 Büchern Nach dem Vorbild von Vitruv und Alberti Erscheint in drei Bänden der Reihe Applied Virtuality Book Series, Bd. 19, 20 und 21