From an overview of how the Internet works--including a primer on computer communication and explanations of how providers like America Online, CompuServe, Microsoft Network, and the many lesser-known
Praise for Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace"James Wallace offers many tales of . . . temper tantrums, antitrust tussles with the Justice Department, and general dirty tricks Mi
The Internet drives the hottest stocks on Wall Street, shapes technological innovation, and fills the pages of the world's presses. What does this mean for society, government, commerce, and other ins
Surfin' the Net! is an abbreviated, easy-to-understand reference for everyone who uses or is thinking of using the Internet. Surfin' the Net! provides the information you'll need to get connected and
In Great Ideas in Computer Science: A Gentle Introduction, Alan Biermann presents the "great ideas" of computer science that together comprise the heart of the field. He condenses a great d
Ideal for use in a microprocessor course in electrical engineering or computer science,Software and Hardware Engineering: Motorola M68HC11 provides an introduction to the architecture and design of ha
How does a bird flock keep its movements so graceful and synchronized? Most people assume that the bird in front leads and the others follow. In fact, bird flocks don't have leaders: they are organiz
Artificial Vision is a rapidly growing discipline, aiming to build computational models of the visual functionalities in humans, as well as machines that emulate them. Visual communication in itself i
Despite the global nature of the Information Revolution, most policies forinformation infrastructure are developed at the national level. These national policies reflectlocal economic, social, histori
This absorbing book provides a unique perspective on how the three major elements of the computer triangle--hardware, software, and people--work together for the advancement and sometimes debasement
First published in 1996, this collection of essays by distinguished computer scientists celebrates the achievements of research and speculates about the unsolved problems in computer science that require future investigation. Since the subject stretches from technology in the field, through engineering design to foundations in mathematics, there is a wide variety of concerns and approaches among the authors. The book's purpose is to show that long-term research in computer science is crucial and that it must not be driven solely by commercial considerations. The authors do not shirk the difficult aspects of their topics, but try to expose them in the simplest terms possible without diluting them, in order that the reader can understand the issues involved. Thus the book also represents a broad overview of much of the state of knowledge and future expectations of computer science, illustrating that it is much more than a technology and it is a fully fledged and growing intellectual disc
Now in paperback, Topology via Logic is an advanced textbook on topology for computer scientists. Based on a course given by the author to postgraduate students of computer science at Imperial College, it has three unusual features. First, the introduction is from the locale viewpoint, motivated by the logic of finite observations: this provides a more direct approach than the traditional one based on abstracting properties of open sets in the real line. Second, the methods of locale theory are freely exploited. Third, there is substantial discussion of some computer science applications. Although books on topology aimed at mathematics exist, no book has been written specifically for computer scientists. As computer scientists become more aware of the mathematical foundations of their discipline, it is appropriate that such topics are presented in a form of direct relevance and applicability. This book goes some way towards bridging the gap.
Covers recent advances in transport technology including synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH), asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and optical network technology. Provides a picture of recent and future t
Shows how to use the POSIX threads standard, discussing performance issues and how threads interact with the rest of the UNIX system, and comparing various types of threads. Subjects include basic des
