All active network protocols, including the most popular TCP/IP, WAN, LAN technologies are fully explained and well illustrated; Covers the latest and emerging technologies such as VOIP, SAN, MAN, VPN/Security, WLAN, VLAN and more. Addresses vendor specific technologies: Cisco, IBM, Novell, Sun, HP, Microsoft, Apple, etc., reviews the ISO networking architecture and protocols and covers SS7 protocols and comprehensive dictionary of network protocols and TCP/UPD port numbers.

This handy field guide covers the basics of observing, and what you need to know about tweaking, tuning, adjusting, and tricking out a 'scope. Expect priceless tips and tools for using a Dobsonian Telescope, the large-aperture telescope you can inexpensively build in your garage. Get advice on protocols involved with using electronics including in dark places without ruining the party. The hacks show you how to: dark-adapt your notebook computer, choose the best binocular, clean your eyepieces and lenses safely, upgrade your optical finder, photograph the stars with basic equipment, etc.

Textbook Finance is the most authoritative text ever written on the essentials of finance for the business professional. Articles show insights from those at the height of their profession, who have each contributed chapters akin to objective, experience-related, white papers or essays on the core issues of finance, to make for an overarching as well as in-depth presentation of the fundamentals-the unspoken rules and the important issues for the future.

This text introduces powerful, C-based parallel-programming techniques for creating these applications, verifying them, and moving them into FPGA hardware. Software engineers will learn to look at FPGAs as "just another programmable computing resource," while achieving phenomenal performance because much of their code is running directly in hardware. Hardware engineers will master techniques that perfectly complement their existing HDL expertise, while allowing them to explore design alternatives and create prototypes far more rapidly.

Before any code for a modern compiler is even written, many students and even experienced programmers have difficulty with the high-level algorithms that will be necessary for the compiler to function. Written with this in mind, Algorithms for Compiler Design teaches the fundamental algorithms that underlie modern compilers. The text focuses on the "front-end" of compiler design: lexical analysis, parsing, and syntax. The final articles on code generation and optimization complete a solid foundation for learning the broader requirements of an entire compiler design.

These distinctive guides offer easy-to-understand, helpful information on a variety of business and personal finance topics. Leading others, whether in a one-on-one situation or in groups, can be daunting. This text explains how to acquire the necessary leadership skills required for every workplace situation. In addition, this text gives key techniques for coaching effectively and resolving conflicts.

Getting Online. All the information you need to decide what kind of broadband connection works best for you, which browser they should use, and what kind of spyware-fighting and virus-and spam-protection measures you need to protect yourselves. Finding Information. Google may be the leading search site, but it's certainly not the only game in town. This text introduces a diverse and useful collection of sites that help uncover everything from health care information, to shopping, travel and finance, to dependable reviews and ratings.

For those all-too-common dilemmas that crop up with each project, "CSS Cookbook" provides hundreds of practical examples with CSS code recipes that you can use immediately to format your web pages. Arranged in a quick-lookup format for easy reference, the second edition has been updated to explain the unique behavior of the latest browsers. Also, the manual covers the interaction of CSS and images and now includes more recipes for beginning CSS users. The explanation that accompanies each recipe enables you to customize the formatting for your specific needs.

A clear overview of patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret law, with plain-English definitions of legal terms. You will also find the full text of important statutes. Explains key terms and concepts used in intellectual property law in plain language, with self-contained sections on trade secret, copyright, patent, and trademark law. After an overview of intellectual property law, each section contains an overview, detailed definitions of terms, sample official forms, and relevant statutes. Illustrations and a reader friendly layout make this an ideal reference for students and professionals in law, as well as creators of intellectual property, including writers, programmers, artists, Web page designers, inventors, and musicians.

The result of months of intensive investigations and inquiries by a specially appointed bipartisan panel, The 9/11 Commission Report is one of the most important historical documents of the modern era. And while that fact alone makes it worth owning, it is also a chilling and valuable piece of nonfiction: a comprehensive and alarming look at one of the biggest intelligence failures in history and the events that led up to it. The commission traces the roots of al-Qaeda's strategies along with the emergence of the 19 hijackers and how they entered the United States and boarded airplanes.

Embedded Linux covers the development and implementation of interfacing applications on an embedded Linux platform. It includes a comprehensive discussion of platform selection, crosscompilation, kernel compilation, root filesystem creation, booting, remote debugging, real-world interfacing, application control, data collection, archiving, and presentation. This text includes serial, parallel, memory I/O, USB, and interrupt-driven hardware designs using x86-, StrongARM®-, and PowerPC®-based target boards.

Cryptography is the most effective way to achieve data security and is essential to e-commerce activities such as online shopping, stock trading, and banking. This invaluable introduction to the basics of encryption covers everything from the terminology used in the field to specific technologies to the pros and cons of different implementations. It discusses specific technologies that incorporate cryptography in their design, such as authentication methods, wireless encryption, e-commerce, and smart cards. Based entirely on real-world issues and situations, the material provides instructions for already available technologies that readers can put to work immediately.

A smart collection of insider tips and tricks - covers the XP operating system from start to finish. Among the multitude of topics addressed, this must-have resource includes extensive coverage of hot-button issues such as: security, web browsing, controlling the control panel, removing uninstallable XP components, pop-up ads, etc. You'll also find timesaving hacks for file distribution; digital media, such as iTunes; and high-visibility web software, services, and exploits that have emerged since the book's last edition.

Building an Optimizing Compiler articles provide design of a compiler thorough optimizer, code generator, scheduler and register allocator for a generic modern RISC processor. In the process it addresses the small issues that have a long impact on the implementation. The text approaches this subject from a practical viewpoint. Theory is introduced where intuitive arguments are insufficient, however the theory is described in practical terms. A single running example is used throughout the book to illustrate the compilation process.

Build embedded microprocessor-based systems from the ground up. Develop an integrated understanding of hardware and software issues by exploring the interaction of the firmware and hardware during the first critical few seconds after the microprocessor is powered up. By focusing on these crucial junctures, where software meets hardware, you learn what makes embedded development different from application development. Master each key step in the startup and development process by working through a complete field-tested solution.

The world's web browsers, servers, and related web applications all talk to each other through HTTP, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the common language of the modern global Internet. This manual is a concise overview of HTTP.

This complete Verilog HDL reference progresses from the basic Verilog concepts to the most advanced concepts in digital design. Covered are the gamut of Verilog HDL fundamentals, such as gate, RTL, and behavioral modeling, all the way to advanced concepts, such as timing simulation, switch level modeling, PLI, and logic synthesis. Verilog HDL is a hardware description language (with a user community of more than 50 000 active designers) used to design and document electronic systems. This completely updated reference progresses from basic to advanced concepts in digital design, including timing simulation, switch level modeling, PLI, and logic synthesis.

How computers and networks work, how information is processed and delivered, and what security threats lurk in the shadows? No humdrum technical white paper or how-to manual for protecting one’s network, this text is a fascinating narrative that explores a variety of unique, uncommon and often quite elegant security challenges that defy classification and eschew the traditional attacker-victim model. A very good introduction to the intricacies of certain security problems and a very extensive guide to passive reconnaissance.

Digital Photography Hacks is your passport to taking the kind of digital photos you've always aspired to. It goes beyond the standard fare of most digital photography books--such as camera basics, understanding memory cards, and when to use a flash--to the things that professional photographers have learned through thousands of shots' worth of experience, years of experimentation, and fiddling and hacking.

This practical text presents techniques that you can apply to everyday work. You'll learn to add scripts and macro languages to your applications, add runtime expression evaluation to their applications, and generate code immediately. Further, you will learn parsing techniques, which are essential to extract information from any structured form of data-like text files, user input, XML, or HTML.  The compiler illustrates the described techniques and acts as a versatile .NET language.

These articles are for people who want to upgrade, repair, maintain, and troubleshoot computers or for those enthusiasts who want to know more about PC hardware. Articles cover the full range of PC-compatible systems from the oldest 8-bit machines to the latest in high-end 64-bit PC-based workstations. Covered is hardware and accessories that make the most modern personal computers easier, faster, and more productive to use. Hardware coverage includes all the Intel and Intel-compatible processors.