Where Wizards Stay Up Late
Where Wizards Stay Up Late

Author: Matthew Lyon

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1999-08-19

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0684872161

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Twenty five years ago, it didn't exist. Today, twenty million people worldwide are surfing the Net. Where Wizards Stay Up Late is the exciting story of the pioneers responsible for creating the most talked about, most influential, and most far-reaching communications breakthrough since the invention of the telephone. In the 1960's, when computers where regarded as mere giant calculators, J.C.R. Licklider at MIT saw them as the ultimate communications devices. With Defense Department funds, he and a band of visionary computer whizzes began work on a nationwide, interlocking network of computers. Taking readers behind the scenes, Where Wizards Stay Up Late captures the hard work, genius, and happy accidents of their daring, stunningly successful venture.

End-to-End Quality of Service over Cellular Networks
End-to-End Quality of Service over Cellular Networks

Author: Gerardo Gomez

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2005-05-27

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780470011805

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This comprehensive resource contains a detailed methodology for assessing, analyzing and optimizing End-to-End Service Performance under different cellular technologies (GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA and CDMA2000). It includes guidelines for analyzing numerous different services, including FTP, WEB streaming and POC, including examples of analysis and troubleshooting from a user point-of-view. Focuses on the end-user perspective, with a detailed analysis of the main sources of service performance degradation and a comprehensive description of mobile data services Includes a detailed presentation of generic key performance indicators (KPIs) which can be re-defined to comply with each particular network Provides service performance benchmarking for different technologies from real networks Explores a new approach to service management known as customer experience management, including the reasons why it is overcoming traditional service management and its impact on revenues and customer satisfaction Illustrates all points throughout using real world examples gleaned from cutting-edge research This book draws together findings from authoritative sources that will appeal to cellular network operators and vendors. The theory-based, practical approach will be of interest to postgraduate students and telecommunication and consulting companies working in the field of cellular technologies.

Digital Literacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Digital Literacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Author: Management Association, Information Resources

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2012-07-31

Total Pages: 1836

ISBN-13: 1466618531

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Digital Literacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications presents a vital compendium of research detailing the latest case studies, architectures, frameworks, methodologies, and research on Digital Democracy. With contributions from authors around the world, this three-volume collection presents the most sophisticated research and developments from the field, relevant to researchers, academics, and practitioners alike. In order to stay abreast of the latest research, this book affords a vital look into Digital Literacy research.

Spanish Bibliography on Mass Communication
Spanish Bibliography on Mass Communication

Author: Manuel Parés i Maicas

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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La compilación de una bibliografía sobre un tema cientifico es una ardua labor y llena de dificultades. Porque de la enorme cantidad de material original, traducido y disponible, este es verdaderamente especial para ciencias sociales.

Vector and Parallel Processing - VECPAR'98
Vector and Parallel Processing - VECPAR'98

Author: Jose M.L.M. Palma

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-10-11

Total Pages: 721

ISBN-13: 3540485163

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Conference on Vector and Parallel Processing, VECPAR'98, held in Porto, Portugal, in June 1998. The 41 revised full papers presented were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and revision. Also included are six invited papers and introductory chapter surveys. The papers are organized in sections on eigenvalue problems and solutions of linear systems; computational fluid dynamics, structural analysis, and mesh partitioning; computing in education; computer organization, programming and benchmarking; image analysis and synthesis; parallel database servers; and nonlinear problems.

Computer Networking
Computer Networking

Author: Olivier Bonaventure

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-06-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781365185830

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Original textbook (c) October 31, 2011 by Olivier Bonaventure, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license made possible by funding from The Saylor Foundation's Open Textbook Challenge in order to be incorporated into Saylor's collection of open courses available at: http: //www.saylor.org. Free PDF 282 pages at https: //www.textbookequity.org/bonaventure-computer-networking-principles-protocols-and-practice/ This open textbook aims to fill the gap between the open-source implementations and the open-source network specifications by providing a detailed but pedagogical description of the key principles that guide the operation of the Internet. 1 Preface 2 Introduction 3 The application Layer 4 The transport layer 5 The network layer 6 The datalink layer and the Local Area Networks 7 Glossary 8 Bibliography

Algorithms to Live By
Algorithms to Live By

Author: Brian Christian

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 1627790365

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'Algorithms to Live By' looks at the simple, precise algorithms that computers use to solve the complex 'human' problems that we face, and discovers what they can tell us about the nature and origin of the mind.

Author:

Publisher: Editex

Published:

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13:

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The Emperor's New Mind
The Emperor's New Mind

Author: Roger Penrose

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks

Published: 1999-03-04

Total Pages: 634

ISBN-13: 0192861980

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Winner of the Wolf Prize for his contribution to our understanding of the universe, Penrose takes on the question of whether artificial intelligence will ever approach the intricacy of the human mind. 144 illustrations.